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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.

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Weekly Improvement Thread - Mar 8th 2026 (thelemmy.club)

submitted 7 months ago by moonlake@hexbear.net to c/self_improvement@hexbear.net

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Hello comrades and welcome to the second improvement megathread of March! bonfire

Some discussion ideas:

+ How was your week?

+ Do you have some plans for next week?

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[–] Moss@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] moonlake@hexbear.net [S] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Congrats on the 5k and new job! catgirl-salute One of my goals this year is to run a 5k

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[–] Moss@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

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.

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