February 23 - Weekly Improvement & Progress Thread

ParsecXVII · 2018-02-23T14:19:55+00:00

Left my girlfriend who took me for granted for 3 years
Starting to talk to other chicks
Becoming a better person with boundaries
Picking up old hobbies and focusing on school
More Gym time

FirstNamesMusic · 2018-02-23T14:49:13+00:00

I am doing fantastic, but I need to be brutally honest about some shortcomings. I will be focusing mostly on the negative here today.

ALCOHOL - I write this first because this is my problem. 4ish nights a week going to bed after drinking a few beers to too many beers. This is me giving into short term pleasure long term damage.

Fitness: down 20ish lbs in 2 months. Working out 6 days a week. Feeling great during the day.

Diet: going pretty solid here, just need to quit drinking.

Plates: flirting with lots of girls, but I need to promote some to plate, because of budding oneitis (it's not terrible but I feel it).

At night I am constantly anxious, with nothing to be anxious for. I believe Its the 200 mg caffeine pre workout fall out (I work out after work @ 5ish). Though not sure. I will beat it, but this feeling is what has led me to my drinking.

Pascor22 · 2018-02-23T18:25:19+00:00

RP for 3 months. Reading Starting Strength these days. Gym 5 or 6 times a week. See my abs, my veins, all muscle. I am very impressed with my physical self. 6' and 185lbs - 40 yrs old. Having issues approaching girls but managed to approach a couple in the last month. Got to do better! I am starting to meet random folks using the Meet'up app. Volleyball and beers tonight, comedy club tomorrow. Might buy a car this week-end, as well as a living room and bedroom (left my wife 3 months ago) - that's exciting.

Imgoingtogetit · 2018-02-24T05:20:13+00:00

Best. Week. Ever.

-I went out dancing, where three different girls were absolutely obsessed with me.

-I met a whole bunch of new people, who have goals, are interesting, and respect me. Never had good friends before.

-Got an insane amount of work done. Perfected my book, networked with professors who wrote great novels, and sent a whole bunch of pitches. Got acting down too!

-Lifted heavy 6 days of the week, bulk went well, and I never fell short of my goals, in the gym or on my plate.

-Did well in classes

slip_like_space · 2018-02-23T16:23:13+00:00

Fitness: Hit the gym everyday for the 2nd week in a row. 5x5 on Mon/Wed/Fri HIIT on Tues/Thurs. Lost 1.1lbs.

Social: Got a couple of numbers from from my 2nd job (I drive a shuttle around the airport) great place to meet women from all over. Met up with one during her 'business' trip. F-closed. Took an old plate's sister out for a motorcycle ride. She got hooked. Lots of kino, traded numbers.

Finance: Tackling my student loan debt. This thing is another beast.

Mental: Started reading RM's Preventative Medicine.

theromanshcheezit · 2018-02-23T18:26:19+00:00

Fitness: -Been Keeping track of my Body weight, Water weight %, Muscle Weight % and Body Fat %. Here are the highlights since January 8. — just to give you context, I’m 5’8”, African-Caribbean with an athletic build. — Started At 168.8 lbs, 19.8% body fat, 57.7% muscle weight, and 46.7% water weight. — Today: 161.4 lbs, 17.5% Body fat, 59.2% water weight, 47.3% muscle weight. — Since Jan 8, I’ve been lifting, swimming and playing soccer at least 3 times a week trying to lower my body fat and increase my muscle weight.

Education: — I’ve started the semester off right. I’m taking 20 credit hours and in all my classes (with one exception) I have an A+, but it’s just the beginning.

Mental: — Started to meditate every day for 6 days before I go to bed, helps me sleep — Finished reading no more Mr. Nice Guy, tough read because of how much I saw myself in the nice guy. Will read again.

Social — I’ve been severely lacking in this department. — Went on a date Thursday to see Black Panther, was high and felt like a beta the whole time. — Should’ve kissed her halfway during the date (felt the tension but hesitated). Left with only a kiss on the cheek. — I masturbated for the first time in week, not to porn but to random thoughts of girls I’ve been with. — Been reading the red pill more often, but am currently struggling with women. — But it’s not all bad! Haven’t touched alcohol in 2 months!!!

Getthefupandgo1023 · 2018-02-23T18:13:52+00:00

Began the custody battle

Spoke with daycare lady at ex's place about unnaceptable behavior directly

Focused on spending quality tome with my son

Kept house clean, payed all bills

Kept the workouts going (raced a random dude in the gym on the stationary bike)

Met spanish hottie, saw through the games and let her drop (on to the next one)

Taking care of aircraft hangar door so I can take my boy flying this weekend.

PunkMark · 2018-02-23T18:15:43+00:00

Today marks 135 day of not watching porn or masturbating. Have been missing gym because of flu for last week, so tomorrow first back day in a while. My rank got 4 from 1 in weekly tests, Id like to blame the flu for it but I don't like to make excuses so will take full responsibility. Girls in college still try to make their moves but I'm literally not interested in any relationship at the moment or ever in my life. Gotta grind one more year till graduation.

highcountryWarlord · 2018-02-23T18:52:48+00:00

I installed a full Olympic weightlifting set in my apartment. I have a squat rack, bench, 45# barbell, 305#'s of weights. The extra 5 were from 4, 1.25# plates so I can gradually add weight...I'm 45 and not a big dude, so it's important to ramp carefully.

I didn't come into this weak, by any stretch, but I am absolutely hooked on lifting now.

wertrax · 2018-02-23T17:16:03+00:00

Got a job and going to start a gym at the beginning of March, been training at least an hour a day with high intensity routines at home and starting to see some results in my body, completely changed my diet (now I only eat meat, fish, brocoli, spinach, nuts, red grapes, protein snacks and a lot of eggs, only drinking water). Taking a different approach at talking to people and girls to seem more natural and less needy and we could say that it paid of kinda, lost my virginity, was pretty shit because the girl was a living ameba who turn me off in a way that I didn't believe that existed but that made me realize that I should not be focusing on pussy and instead doing it with my life and self improvement, almost reaching 2 weeks in nofap and feeling better and happier than ever before, I'm fucking pumped and with a lot of motivation to push even harder. I already set an agenda for when I start university again so I will go to work (4 hours between this and college) , then the gym for an hour or hour and a half then study for the day and finally college rinse and repeat, going out in weekends and study a little more (maybe read all the trp posts of the week).

Freedomoverbitches · 2018-02-23T13:50:22+00:00

Fitness - Finished my bulk and I have started Keto + fasting and I'm shedding weight with amazing results. Still doing 5x5 + hyperthrophy but the diet change is definitely noticeable in my energy levels through out the day and in the gym. I'm loading up on caffeine to double the dosage (400mg) through out the day.

Education - University is starting next week and I'm feeling fresh, and eager to learn.

Mental - relapsed nofap two days ago from a three week streak. Started re-reading the sidebar and old trp top posts.

Social - met a potential plate through a mutual friend and we're meeting up tomorrow for a drink.

mironm · 2018-02-23T21:49:29+00:00

By coincidence saw and read trp article about 5 stages of trp. Wasn't really here a long time after I read Rollo Tomassi articles and got mad at women.

After that long time realized, that not the women are to blame, but my unwillingness to admit their nature and to grow. I think I am getting out of an anger stage and am really happy about it.

Going to a club today to check how far I am able to get. Still got some muscles from last year gym and hope it helps. But also got a lot of fat and need to start taking my runs more seriously.

alxjones · 2018-02-23T15:40:54+00:00

Diet: stopped eating bread and carbs (bc i kept hearing how bad it is for us) eating mostly meat and greens. lots of protein with cows milk (to make up for lack of bread). hardly drinking coffee lately, mostly tea

Physical: good! looking great and still gaining weight. weighing in at about 165 up from 145. been lifting 5x5’s with added olympic rings and hang cleans.

Spiritual: oh boy :) LSD on tuesday has me considering things like quiting cannabis for the meantime to focus on [c l a r i t y]

mental: picked up another copy of the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, also reading Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for life

women: there’s this girl my old BP self would go all oneities for but smarter than that now. I barely give her my attention. she hits me to hang out. keeping distance. need to work on escalating with her

TRP: less lurking more reading the sidebar!

CMDaccounting · 2018-02-24T17:34:24+00:00

Writing- I have never been a good writer. I have been posting on reddit more often to improve my writing skills.

Diet- Following a strict Keto diet. Lost 3 lbs (I know much of it is water weight) but still improvement nevertheless.

Reading- I finally finished The millionaire next door. A great book which really open my eyes to the importance of living below your means.

Overall pretty productive week. Just have to stay consistent.

greenengg · 2018-02-24T22:48:41+00:00

Told my ex not to call me again, she kept calling post breaking up (recent breakup)
Started Krav Maga classes 3 weeks ago. Got the hang of kicking ass this week.
Read two books: No more mr nice guy, Ultramarathon man.
Decided to keep off porn and have a healthy masturbatory/sexual behaviors until I meet the next girl.
Hung around with male friends.

Confidence is coming back. Feels like the last relationship sucked the living alpha male life out of me.

RAiderNat88 · 2018-02-23T16:55:51+00:00

After getting hit by the damn flu last weekend, I'm back in the Iron Dojo weightlifting and working on those numbers, gettin after it. Going to start throwing more cardio mornings into my weeks moving forward, nothing like a good workout session in the morning to really get you going and wake up the mind.

wasavi1 · 2018-02-23T17:06:04+00:00

Just started reading TRP this week

Physical: started to research what to eat and when to eat, what type of exercise is best and how to do them.

Mental: constantly reading everything that is posted here and the side bar. Takes time to assimilate and will probably take more reads.

Espiritualy: im a christian and will always be a christian by decisión. So its hard to assimilate TRP. Still working out on how it will go.

Education: just finished exams it could have gone better but its okay with mostly in the 80-90 range.

Women: Im your basic definition of a nerd so theres 0 here.

CrikeyKay · 2018-02-23T17:39:33+00:00

Fitness: I've been on 100 push-ups a day since mid January, only taking breaks on Saturdays and Sundays. This week was no different, I just haven't seen a lot of progress, so I ordered a dumbbell from eBay.

Diet: Oatmeals (a lot) for breakfast after workout and carbs + proteins in the evening. I eat twice a day. Lost 6 pounds since last month. I still don't know what to eat to gain muscle. Quit drinking completely, wasn't really much of a drinker before.

Social: Overcome my shyness, saying hi to everyone I meet. I am yet to ask a lady out though (saving that for after my dental work this summer)

Education: still surviving though (good enough, not great).

ShesLikeOMG · 2018-02-23T19:15:17+00:00

Overall Week 9.375/10

Fitness 9/10

Hit a decent bench 90kg x 7 (slight pause).
4x workouts, all decently hard.
Feel I've regained most of my strength. especially upper body, lower still lacks some.
Weight is going good. Don't have to stress about my eating habits, everything is going very smooth. bw: ~85kg
Plan/paid to go to national championships in powerlifting.

Social 8.5/10

Hanging out 1on1 with a chick instantly boosts your status in a social circle like a mf. I was sitting with this girl who I don't even think is attractive and passing girls were making eye contact much more than usual. Also she was being very open and seemed like she was down for a FWB situation but I'm not.
Got outside my comfort zone today socially.
IOIs and shit.
oh and probably one of the girls with the HOTTEST ASS I have ever seen hit me up on snapchat. Seriously that ass to waist ratio is insane. I mean she has a tiny fucking waist goddamn.
Was invited out with a group of friends but didn't want to go and I didn't.
The last couple of months (5-10) I have been able to read body-language way, way better. It has been super helpful for my confidence to actually see minor IOIs from body-language, and I've been able to improve my own body-language.

Education 10/10

3 tests all went really good I think. 1 of them for sure went fucking amazing (I was the first to leave the test also). The 2 other I'm pretty sure are gold as well.
Had to study last weekend one of the tests, which was on Monday, and it definitely paid off.

Misc. 10/10

Working on personal project, graphic design: "map of my life". Made a good amount of progress.
Went skiing, fun times.
Arranged another driving lesson class. the last one ever (I hope).
Memorable moment: making & eating Chinese food (dumplings).
Memorable moment: Chinese dance - wushu. unrelated to above. btw I'm not Chinese or in China or anything.
Also: in the above class (wushu) I won a very small 'trying to touch each others shoulders' competition in front of like 70 people.
M.M.: wrestled a friend (goal was taking the other person down), I won. yay!
Paid some things that needed to be paid.
Kind of little sleep but don't really feel too tired.
I think I've had a really good balance between relaxing, training, school and personal work.

needz · 2018-02-23T19:47:48+00:00

Got serious about my nutrition and exercise. Bought a kitchen scale, pressure cooker. Made a meal plan, and have been doing meal prep. Unplugged the TV. Started reading more. Went to a good barber. Put effort into looking my best every day.

MentORPHEUS · 2018-02-23T19:49:29+00:00

Been training hard all winter for this years Obstacle Course Race season. I'm signed up for America's Toughest Mudder next weekend, it's a midnight-8am obstacle course race.

Lap swimming has REALLY helped my cardio. At my age, knees and shins aren't fans of running
Arms and shoulders look more muscular than ever. They are drawing compliments and spontaneous touching in public
Battle ropes are a surprisingly good workout. Very helpful because I occasionally wield large machines like rototillers and trenchers that leave you feeling beat to hell after a day of use. A great dynamic addition to regular lifting
Launched a new business venture, orthogonally related to my main business so it leverages economy of scale

One area I need to improve: the tendency to start projects before others are finished. Next few weeks I'll be making some tough choices about which sunk costs to abandon, in order to pay better attention to a smaller number of projects.

bigsteel68 · 2018-02-24T05:02:07+00:00

Pros Progressing in my career training Improving relationships with roommates and family Progressing on learning my second language Finished Week 2/12 of my training for a Half Marathon Cold showers and no fap everyday of the week Reading Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell

Negatives I keep binge eating whenever I get socially isolated/anxious Need to go out more - I feel anxious when I spend too much time alone.. *Need to take action instead of mentally masturbating to TRP material/self improvement videos

partynextdoor1 · 2018-02-24T08:33:51+00:00

Worked 55 hours, accruing funds for trips to London & Phillipines
Aced two exams
Immersed myself into the short film I'm creating
Overcame my benzodiazepine dependency, allowing me to feel real emotions that i haven't felt for almost a year.

Been a damn good week

blackbeardbastard · 2018-02-25T07:04:27+00:00

Positive

New haircut and trimmed beard, feels amazing to look so fresh
Started noticing gains in chest and shoulders, not so much muscle as good posture and overall width of my upper body, looks amazing
Started going out alone for a coffee every now and then in the morning, talking with bartender and chicks in the coffee shop is sooo easy. Much easier picking up contacts in that environment for me, than in clubs and bars. Girls are more open to conversation and way more polite than in the evenings
Not giving a fuck about my crazy cheater ex gf of 4.5 years. Was my oneitis, now if she proves worthy of it, she may become fwb/fuckbuddy one day. Probably not. She contacts me from time to time, saying how she would like to grab a drink with me. Always emphasizing how she only wants to be friends. I always say I don't have the time, which is true. I don't give a fuck whatever happens anymore with her. She probably just wants to be sure that I am miserable as fuck and in worse condition than she left me in
Started contacting 5 different people every day, either via social networks or phone. Old friends, colleagues, random people I met during my life. Many of those now contact me every couple of days, mind that those are the people I didn't hear from for years mostly. Most of them invite me to social events, parties, gatherings of all sorts. I have a lot of stuff going on socially now, but I still choose wisely what I say yes to
Reading daily, both TRP and (e)books. It helps me widen my views, accept new ideas, understand things I couldn't before
I improved relations with my parents, my family, and some of my closest friends. Those relations were really messed up before, because I was messed up too

Negative

Belly fat still not going anywhere. Had a couple of setbacks with diet lately. I'm a fat bastard and I know it
Couple of friends ditching me or avoiding me lately. At first I pursued, by habit. Now I don't give a damn, I got a lot of contacts going on every day. I'm not sure have I acted too much cocky around them, or they just don't like my improvements and that my social skills are way better than theirs. Probably both of those. I need to tune up my cockiness a bit, when it goes well for me I just can't stop sometimes
Still no job. Luckily I've got a couple of months covered with the late payments from my last two jobs but I want to work really. Coding every day, learning react.js, working with node and express, like those two very much
My car is a mess. The paint job is peeling away, engine mounts are done, I can probably get away with it if I pick up some girls at night and in the dark parking lots, but that sounds way too shady even for me maaaan...

thisiszatch · 2018-02-24T01:40:46+00:00

Fitness - My routine has been a little iffy for the past month as I lift at my school so as days when school is closed the weight room is as well but the worst seems to be over now.

Mental - Ordering some books so I will be able to start reading daily pretty soon hopefully. Lowered masturbating to every other day from daily with the goal being able to totally ween myself off of it.

Education - School is going good grades wise except for English which I have an essay due soon and am trying to get it done.

Social - (Note: I am a high schooler 16 yrs old) Got a whole new wardrobe instead of my old athletic tees clothing stye. I feel so much more comfortable and my confidence is slowly rising. Haven’t used social media for over a year now and have officially blocked it on my just to get rid of any temptations I may have to see how much better I think everyone else’s lives are going compared to mine which may be some of my issue.

Women - Along with social I feel more confident talking to women but not in a flirty way. I have this horrible oneitis which I feel I am making a breakthrough as of a few days ago. I’m still feeling trapped in an anger phase however and I just want this pain to go away.

slickmizzle · 2018-02-24T18:10:59+00:00

Studied more of my technical analysis course Made 10k+ in the stock market on options Worked out 3 times (trying to improve this)

3ntr0pystr1k3s · 2018-02-25T06:13:13+00:00

Got a job with a sizable pay raise with decent life fulfillment. Reigned my bitch back in with emotional withdrawal which got her to qualify herself to me continuously.

This next week I plan to work on my pussy game, getting at least one number per day.

Sove131 · 2018-02-23T17:58:05+00:00

My 4th week of proactive TRP, one month so far, now aiming for 12m.

Pros: - Wake up 3 x at 4:40 and Started doing Phrak's Greyskull Lp, for now with no weight increase to get used to all the basic forms and after another 2-3 weeks will move to linear progress - Finished listening to TRM 1 and 2, and am on 38th /48th law of Power - Done some field testing with whatever I learned and not surprisingly got only confirmations, what kind of caused me to be irritated at myself of negligence in many areas of my life - Got some better clothes/ partly upgraded my wardrobe but not much

Cons: - Didint keep up with diet, Guess would need to buy more frozen veggie packs what would reduce the effort of cooking - Still looking for pt job - Partly neglected my studies, but will catch up asap - Inconsistence in gym schedule, its hard to stay motivated to go in there, and do the exercises with no/little skill while there's lots of people who know what's going around, just used DGAF attitude and done my work. -wasted quite a lot of time on video games

Reflections: Keeping consistency is way harder than doing few things in a single day. For now it's kind of everyday struggle of my awareness and laziness, the 10% of the brain that thinks about the future and the rest that DGAF about it. Need to develop self rewarding loops that'd help me to keep up the good work. For now I need to remind myself about LT goals to keep on track with then.

Aims: - Keep diet - Find job - Catch up with school - Keep learning - relisten to my audible books - Be consistent

Till next week

Abave · 2018-02-23T21:13:54+00:00

I have never had more friends than now. I used to spend my evenings alone watching netflix or playing videogames. Suddenly, I've got two or three different offers to go out with people every night. It must have something to do with the redpill. I think the confidence boost made me more likable. Plated a pretty american girl. I talk to a few other girls, I know I could bang them if I tried hard. Stil no models, but abundance mentality feels good.

But I'm so tired... I almost fainted during a presentation today. I need to learn to say no to people who want to see me, to rest. A weird thing, knowing where I come from. But all that frame keeping and constant concentration on improvement are also very exhausting. I hope it'll get easier later, because I can't keep on like that all year.

AceofRains · 2018-02-23T21:28:03+00:00

Got a 7-3:30 M-F full time job in a transmission shop making the most money I’ve ever made at a job with certain opportunities to multiply what I now make.

Learned how to disassemble transmissions and am keeping my boss very impressed with progress for someone coming in with zero background knowledge. Cut and dinged up my hands a lot, but they’re becoming stronger and more resilient than they have ever been.

Going to school M-Th 6-11.m to become a diesel technician. Currently up to date on all work. Likely have the highest grades among my slacker classmates.

Moved out of bronze and all the way to silver 3 in league of legends ranked while being a casual player.

It’s been a good week time for a well deserved weekend.

subaruguy14 · 2018-02-23T22:26:44+00:00

Sliding into more Instagram DMs to up online game, being less available to the plate, invested significantly in ETFs this week.

hackerdawg · 2018-02-24T00:43:34+00:00

Aced a phone interview for a job in PA. Waiting to hear back from them.
Still doing well on nofap.
Co-workers are flirting with me but I'm still working on my game.
Making myself go out and do things. Less scared of talking to people.

Shaney96 · 2018-02-24T02:02:37+00:00

TRP Weekly Improvement: Good:

Started low-carb/keto.
My cut ain't going fantastic (hence introduction of stricter carb-intake), however I've hit PRs in my compound lifts over the last couple of weeks.
Acquaintences have been unreceptive to any attempt I've made to socialize, even though these attempts have just been grabbing a pint. Usually, this would bring me down, however my attitude toward this has been "they're missing out, fuck 'em, I got plenty of my own shit to get on with", which I think is important since I'm currently in a place of physical scarcity, but feel I'm beginning to develop a mentality of abundance.
I've stopped consuming so much TRP material. I'm not in a great life situation to practise game, yet I've still been reading FR after FR and other stuff here and on /seduciton. This does nothing but add unnecessary pressure onto myself. This has made me appreciate that action should always be greater than or equal to information consumption. I'm therefore putting developing game on the backburner until I'm back at Uni. I will of course practise it every time I'm out or whenever I head to a city.
Sorting out solo-trip for Easter. I've been invited to go to Ibiza with 'the lads', however I feel a solo-trip doing something adventurous will be more rewarding and satisfying than getting smashed 7 days in a row trying to get gash..
Began reading The Daily Stoic and filling the journal alongside. I'm finding that having something small to practise each day is more beneficial to developing a mindset rather than consuming a shit-tonne of information and trying to memorize it all and carry it out. I find the latter actually adds anxiety because you don't feel like you're living up to the expectation you had when consuming the information.
Practising guitar every night, along with Unity. I've downloaded - and am utilizing - Wunderlist (alongside the GTD methodology) as a means to help organize my life, improve productivity and reduce stress/anxiety associated with uncertainty about what to do/when to do it.

Bad:

Porn and masturbation has crept back into my life. This must - and will - stop, since I was going hard on NoFap for a good amount of time, and going back to watching porn a couple of times has made me re-appreciate the futility in watching such shit.
For some reason I'm awaking every night in need of a piss. Registered to my local doctor's to get this checked out as it's causing me to become very tired throughout each day and, due to also being on a cut, causing me to feel weak/fatigued.
Missed BJJ 2 weeks in a row. 1st time due to anxiety/poor mindset, second due to fatigue. Invalid excuses, but I find it difficult to get my ass down there sometimes.
Binged 3 weekeds in a row. Causing cut to go slower than wanted. I'm disciplined throughout the week, but as soon as I have something carb-intensive on weekend, all hell breaks loose. Hence the introduction of keto to help resolve this.

peekinprariedogs · 2018-02-24T02:29:04+00:00

Starting reading TRP a couple weeks ago.

Began reading Marcus Aurellius.

Graduating with an English degree isn't a waste. Was offered my first post graduation job. It is exactly what I want.

Started a new workout routine. I'm sore but it's working.

Stopped smoking weed daily and I can feel the difference.

My epilepsy medication is controlling my seizures and my memory is improving.

I need to work on my social side. My eye contact with passing girls is improving but I'm still holding myself back. Any suggestions?

EqualitysA2WayStreet · 2018-02-24T18:18:29+00:00

Posting after a while, should have been more regular. Way more regular.

Went 3x to the gym this week, after missing a week because I wasn't in town. Will do tomorrow as well.

New project I started on at my internship isn't as bad as I thought. Gonna have to earn that paycheck, while boosting up my CV in a way that looks good. It's a product implementation, but very UI based, and in a language I've never used before. I was jealous of some other guy getting an ML project because he had a friend already working in that, but it turns out theire work is boring as hell. Lessons learned: 1) Grass looks greener, and grinding is not as bad as you think. 2) If you want it, ask for it. Show initiative. Even in the project I'm working on, making suggestions and personal recommendations goes a long way with my mentor. My career is solely my own responsibility, and leaving things up to chance or others is inviting trouble. Thankfully this is only an internship, and a testing ground for all kinds of experiments.

And..the hard part, no headway with girls. Social life is up and running, but it's mostly with guy friends. Way, way more initiative needed here.

DrownRanger47 · 2018-02-24T21:05:00+00:00

The past week was the worst week I had in a long time:

Didn't hit the Gym. Didn't learn for a very important exam (IELTS). Overslept until 8-9 am (I normally woke up around 7 am) or woke up at 7 and stayed in bed until 8-9 . Eaten shitty foods (especially sweets). Wasn't social in some situations, even though I could have been. Started gaming again (not the good type of gaming). Neglected in some ways hygiene. Stopped dating ("I need to learn for the exam, I don't have time for girls"-I'm impressed how I lie to other people and myself). I still don't have a job, although I did some progress in some areas towards this, I neglected others (IELTS). I binge listen to music and I feel that I can't do anything without doing it. Watched a lot of porn. I isolated myself at home and didn't got out.

There ware a only a few good things that I did: finished reading a book (Metro 2033), started to do voluntary work at a local hospital, signed up for an accountant course maintained my room clean.

To sum, I was a lazy and unmotivated fuck this week and the week before. What do you guys do to overcome laziness ? Please give me some good advice, I can't take it anymore.

crespo_modesto · 2018-02-25T10:32:04+00:00

I may have cleared some RAM from my brain so to speak. And also potentially fired myself. (Asked a girl out at work) doxxable... ahh

It was lowkey but fake number, boom I was destroyed

So... now I know. No need to wonder.

I work out a bit myself, I at least like what I see in the mirror maybe too much. Do I work out because I'm insecure or like being fit. I mean when I see Pumping Iron I'm like damn... that guy's jacked.

Doing well freelancing, still not employed full time as a dev

Working on automated crypto trading bots (hilarious) further digging myself into financial hole

My lawsuit resumes, good good, in the grand scheme it's nothing major (cc debt) though if I lose it's sizeable money to me.

I like this thread idea. I don't know about the girl aspect. I've pretty much made up my mind about "Yeah don't shit where you work" My main concern now is how to not make work awkward. I don't know where else to socialize. I'm somewhat stranded in a state that I'm not from and I don't have a car/things are far away but bars/clubs are a thing... just have to plan to not get too wasted and get lost/end up arrested without friends.

I stopped beating it for like 5 whole days, well stopped watching porn which made me beat it less. This made me so unable to concentrate/do anything. I just kept obsessing about real women (sounds bad). I wouldn't say that's what led me to ask this girl out. I had to resume the porn to be able to code/focus again. What led me to ask this girl out (aside from the desire all along (months bad)) is that I was extremely sleep deprived (30+hrs) that's why I want to be financially independent/free as I can't guarantee my own sleep pattern. But I have to clock in regardless. My own fault.

I abandoned my Saas project (CSV to api) doxxable again... I got sick for a whole week and just kept sleeping after getting home from work. The 1 hr a day became too much eg. in deficit of 20+ hrs

Goal

Get a real job, like a full time dev position not be scared of going homeless because I'm so poor

I'm looking forward to next week, do I still have my day job, can I look her in the face?

LightBearCares · 2018-02-25T17:46:03+00:00

-Put a few hours on my day off to learn how to sample music tracks, combining them, etc. -"Ran" 3 miles for the first time in a while. Ankles and feet were and are still not cooperating with me, so taking it really easy and getting a lot of rest -Went to the gym 6 times this week, walk a mile everyday as the bare minimum, no matter what -Tried to hook up with some chick I met, didn't go through, glad to get that out of my chest -Work on decompressing at the end of each day and meditating/silence and reviewing lessons learned and possibly learn for future implementation

INNASKILLZ2K18 · 2018-02-26T08:57:47+00:00

I'm a recovering addict, so had another week clean. Approaching two and a half years. That's always big to remember.

Wrote out my purpose, mission, and decided goals for all areas in my life, that will allow me to keep my strengths in action. Mental, emotional, spiritual, relationships, physical, study, career, recreational and creative.

Keeps my goals all processed based and outcome independent. All intrinsic and not extrinsic. Control what I can, and let results come.

Got to gym 4 times, awesome therapist once.

Had the 8.5 blonde I'm seeing tell me all about her crazy ex who continued to try and harrass her, and another ex who keeps professing his love for her. She's in another state at the moment, where I'll be in a month.

Sat back and kept frame, as always, while she sent me dozens of naked pics every day, and told me how I'm going nut all over her face whenever I want, once I've moved. Hahaha...sorry to her ex's...

noctorious99 · 2018-02-26T11:17:39+00:00

Hitting the gym for the second week in a row. Applied for more jobs (albeit part time work). Reading more and more.

greenengg · 2018-06-21T18:34:50+00:00

A few months since swallowing the redpill

Picked up Krav Maga as a I started TRP as a way of getting into the gym, transitioned to Muay Thai, hard sparring with badasses (3 months yesterday).
Started weight training, dropped 5 pounds of weight, gained muscle, deadlifting ~205 lb makes me happy now. Going up linearly.
Started confidently talking to *any* girl, especially approaching all the hot ones with confidence. Still working on "closing the deal", but the train is almost at the station. I don't beg for sex, I do what I do and let autopilot take over.
Grew a badass beard.
Bought myself good clothes and refreshed my wardrobe.
Socialized with many other people (previously out of my comfort zone).
Internet porn usage is tending to 0.

Feeling pretty fucking great. Thanks mofos.

BobSagetV2 · 2018-02-23T20:28:36+00:00

Fitness: Going solid, need to keep track of what weights im doing so I can steadily upgrade instead of guessing.

Social: Strong as well, continuing to make new connections and meet new people. Girl game is pretty strong too but needs work.

Finance/Academic: Working two jobs (as a high schooler) now, should be making ~grand/week. Grades are high af.

Mental: I fucked up. I was chilling with some friends and got bored, ended up OD'ing on nicotine. Gonna avoid that shit for a while.

Title	February 23 - Weekly Improvement & Progress Thread
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Upvotes	25
Comments	109
Date	February 23, 2018 1:12 PM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/TheRedPill
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