A community which focusses on improving yourself. This can be in many different ways - from improving physical health or appearance, to improving mental health, creating better habits, overcoming addictions, etc.
While material circumstances beyond our control do govern much of our daily lives, people do have agency and choices to make, whether that is as "simple" as disciplining yourself to not doomscroll, to as complex as recreating yourself to have many different hobbies and habits.
This is not a place where all we do is talk about improving "productivity" (in a workplace context) and similar terms and harmful lifestyles like "grindset". Self-improvement here is intended to make you a generally better and happier person, as well as a better communist, and any other roles you may have in your life.
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Hello comrades and welcome to the second improvement megathread of March! 
Some discussion ideas:
+ How was your week?
+ Do you have some plans for next week?
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Stickied good luck
I got a real interview tomorrow for a minimum wage position to have an income again, and I have an interview in about two weeks for an actual position that might get me out of my parents basement permanently.
Also I have a self imposed challenge to complete the FreeCodeCamp’s Python course.
Good luck with the interviews! 
You got this 
also finding and executing a rehab program i found online, though it will probably behoove me to reach out to find a PT this week -- i imagine it might take forever to actually get in and get seen so i should start the process now. rehab exercises probably seem helpful, though perhaps i am over doing things as my lower leg is now frequently feeling very tender. also, interestingly, the rehab site recommends the heel raisers as only a temporary measure, and suggests that continued use could lead to a shortening of the tendon and ultimately make things worse, in as little as a week (?? i "raised" this concern with running bud and he thought that sounded foolish and i sort of am of the same intuition -- i run in low drop shoes, so if anything the raisers might make my shoes constructively mid or high drop, but i wouldn't see why that wouldn't be the same as running in such shoes, which most people do, and which many find success in).
perhaps i'll also drop by the running shoe store, for advices/more intentionally rec'd orthotics or even a more traditional, cushioned shoe.
i wish i had more time to read through all the commentary but it's enough just to try to keep up with all the battles and the names and their fathers, etc.
Wishing you a swift recovery
Btw I could never read anything written in verse, I'll rather wait for the Odyssey movie this year. Are you looking forward to it?
I had a pretty big week. The number one thing that stands out to me is that I ran 5k for the first time. It took me 36.5 minutes and I'm really proud. I didn't think I would ever be at a stage where I actually enjoy running.
I also got a new job. I've been unemployed for just about two months, but now I'm working in fast food. It looks to be an improvement over my last job, but I'm still not looking forward to working in a job I don't care about for minimum wage. Trying to find a long-term job or sector I would want to work in seems impossible. I'm going back to college in September to avoid making any big decisions about work. I'm not someone who wants to spend their life in a career, I'd much rather work to fund my life than have my life revolve around work. Maybe that's because I haven't found something I really care about yet, maybe I lack ambition.
Congrats on the 5k and new job! 
One of my goals this year is to run a 5k
Thank you! Running a 5k was much easier than I thought it would be actually, but it mostly came down to a change in mindset. I used to hate running so so much, but I decided my cardio was too weak this year and wanted to improve it. After a few times of running a kilometer, breaking a sweat, really getting to focus on how the running felt, I found myself looking forward to it. I've never understood what people meant when they said they were "in the zone" until I started running. I would reach a 1km, then think "yeah I got 200 more meters in me", then run that and find myself with a bit more stamina to use up, so I would try to get to 1.5km.
I never would have ran 5k if I didn't start to enjoy it, no matter the health benefits and sense of achievement. If it doesn't feel right in the moment I can't stick with it. Idk if you're the same, but if you are, I recommend that you stop running if it stops feeling good.
got back in the gym this weekend after missing last week due to sickness, didn't feel like I lost too much progress so that's good. I still have to motivate myself to do legs on Wednesday, I lost my normal Wednesday gym partner so I gotta push myself to go this week.
Did legs today instead, again nice to see that missing a week didn't significantly impact my progress but I'm also just setting out so there's not much progress to lose
Last week I continued my reading and meditation streaks. I started taking creatine to see if it will improve my energy.
On Saturday I made 17 bean burritos for meal prep 
Today I went running. Hopefully I'll be able to go running at least one more day this week
What are you doing for these bean burritos?
Hear me out, bean burritos meal prep is the single best nutrition hack, especially if you want to lose weight.
Basically you need 3 things: tortillas, legumes and sauce. I like to cook but if you don't have a lot of time, you can literally buy all of these things and combine them without any cooking. It takes me a few hours to make around 17 bean burritos but it would take much less if just bought canned legumes and sauce.
Here's what I put in mine: red kidney beans, chickpeas, soybeans, lentils, corn, bell peppers, dried tomatoes, herbs and spices. I make a salsa sauce with garlic and onion.
It's healthy, delicious and helped me lose weight.
Prepping chickpeas is hard tho, mine always come out too hard. What do you do?
im 2.5 lbs away from my target weight. If i could drop 4 extra pounds thatd be cool but i dont think ill get there in time.
I soak chickpeas overnight and then they just need to be cooked for 20-30 minutes.
Bean burritos are great for losing weight because they have a bunch of fiber. I also put diced sweet potatoes in them to make them more satiating.
I got less than a month to keep leveling up on the drums. I have a organ trio gig on Saturday with two? friends which should be fun.
I also have a lesson that day with my teacher. I do a lesson a month because it's enough material to master and experiment with and I got other things going on. I'm still in the shed 3 hours a day and listening to records deeply for an hour.
I feel like I'm really hitting my stride, rapid improvement. I need to keep learning repertoire though, the more melodies you know deeply the better your playing and soloing. My ear is good enough to catch melodies, I know a lot of songs but I really needed to get disciplined to dig deeper.
I'm three pounds away from my weight loss goal. I'm not overweight by any means, I just don't think I look my best at my previous weight.