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How can I become more disciplined?
>>17341633
bump
I wanna know too. Monitoring, check em.
>lift weights
>the concept of pushing through pain will transfer to all other aspects of life
Simple as that famalam
guys
i need your /adv/
does anyone of you have experience with fighting procrastination?
every day at work i am sitting most of the time surfing the internet. i am a programmer so i have plenty of chances to find excuses why i cant finish projects and why it does take longer than expected. then i try to motivate myself to work for at least one hour without distraction but just a few minutes later i find myself back at youtube, watching videos or some news site reading news or posting in their forum in some stupid internet fights. sometimes i just waste hours reading wikipedia and so on.
i will never get ahead with this performance, never get any promotions or just a rise.
wat do
You just do it.
Make a schedule and stick with it for one week.
Just one week.
DO NOT break the schedule during this time. No matter how much you want to.
Even if it feels like you are going to die from it, don't break from the schedule.
Have every hour of your day planned out. Make sure you make time for leisure (2-3 hours is good).
After a week, reflect on it. Did you notice a huge improvement? How do you feel about yourself? Does the schedule need tweaking?
Reflect on it, adjust it and go one more week. Keep doing this, you will make a better schedule each week, always improving.
>Has a problem with procrastinating instead of getting things done
>makes a thread about procrastinating instead of getting things done
So, to me, things that normally hurt I either don't feel or they feel good.
I've had endometriosis all my adult life which caused pain so bad I'd vomit and loose bowel control, which might be relevant.
But "normal" pain feels good to me. For example, the other week I fell pretty badly and ended up with a baseball-sized bruise on my knee. I would constantly press it to feel the slight pain because it feels good.
Also, I like to cut up the bottoms of my feet and see how much I can make them bleed. Obviously, it's not an attention-whore thing or I wouldn't do it on one of the least visible parts of my body. I'll also put small needles in my nose to make it bleed and cause pain because, for me, it feels good and is another discreet area to fuck with.
Am I fucking insane or is this all not that abnormal?
bamp
It's unusual, but lots of people get off on pain. That's why you see people who look like walking body mod kits, that shit doesn't feel like kisses going in.
>>17341601
It doesn't feel good sexually though and that's always come off as a sexual thing to me. I get no sexual pleasure out of it at all.
Also, I don't like anyone else touching me like that. I like being in control of the pain induction. I like to take a nail clipper and cut up the bottoms of mt toes abd feet, but if someone else tried to do it I would lose my shit.
How the fuck do I overcome my addiction to porn and masturbation? I've tried cold turkey and the longest I can go is 3 days before my cock is constantly hard and I'm basically panting all the time from extreme horniness.
After a few days, even if I see a woman in a bikini, not even seductive or anything, I'll become diamonds and HAVE to cum.
I've been jerking off daily for 20 years and sometimes it does affect my sexual relations. Sometimes just to cum while I'm having sex I'll have to think of my favourite scene and once or twice I haven't even been able to get it hard with a girl unless I'm slamming my sausage down her throat or something else that's a little more 'extreme' than your standard stuff.
How do I break this 20 year long addiction?
>>17341517
I have the exact same problem.
Almost ruined the relationship im in now because I couldnt get hard for a grill IRL but I would jack it to weird shit on a Reddit neo nazi online forum.
Things that have helped me:
- not actually cumming while looking at porn; as in jerking it is fine and edging, but actually orgasming should be done without porn
- using only auditory stimulation (i.e. those chirbit links in /fsa/ hnnng)
- just jerking it without any stimulation
I found the last one especially difficult before I had any real sexual intimacy with females. It still is difficult, but at least it doesn't ruin my erections with a grill
The biggest hurdle for me is overcoming the jerking it before bed habit. I havent been able to break it and it is putting me in more and more awkward situations.
Do you have this problem?
Become a Carpenter
>>17341517
>How the fuck do I overcome my addiction to porn and masturbation?
You need a hobby. I used to masturbate up to sever or eight times a day, until I started carpentry.
Being a carpenter gave me something to do and stop hammering my mind with porn. I no longer thing about nailing women 24/7 and my wood remains flaccid during most of the day - except when I have to nail an actual woman, of course.
My girlfriend says my cum tastes and smells weird. How do I make it not taste and smell weird?
lots of fruits, cut the salt and meat
>>17341493
Lots and lots more fruit, like pineapple every day.
Also smoking and drinking makes it taste worse.
>>17341493
Oh also, have you had previous sexual partners and been tested recently?
Anyone got a link to the /adv/ self-improvement IRC?
Talking about the one that was in the NEET/Shut-in threads? That shit sucked.
>>17341503
Yeah that's the one. Since getting a job and sorting out some of my issues I've wanted to report back and let them know it can be done.
I'd really appreciate you looking through your IRC client history to see if you can find the name of the channel. Hell, as thanks I'll take fifteen minutes out of my Sunday to give you a piece of advice on any area of life that you care you ask me about.
What percentage of the userbase is r9k, and what percentage is tumblr? Is it like 40/60 like on the board?
stupid question, just interested in hearing some different perspectives:
i've been commuting 40 mins (each way) to college for the past 3 years, as well as working a job (sometimes two). i live with my parents, and i was considering moving out for my senior year. my school's paid for via scholarships, so my only real expenses besides gas/food/utilities would be my car insurance payment (around $130 a month). rent would be like $400.
do you think it would be worth doing for the "college experience" (aka it would make it way easier to fuck bitches) and living in a cool town, or should i save my money to travel after i graduate/grad school? thanks for your perspectives
If you imagine yourself 10 years ahead and you looked back to this moment, what do you think you would wish that you have done?
>>17341471
>do you think it would be worth doing for the "college experience"
you can fuck better bitches while you travel
Become @ Carpenter
>BLUF - Does it make sense to switch jobs on the chance I'll get better experience
I'll try to be brief. I'm a paramedic and I work for a private company that doesn't do 911. I was recently turned for a job with the 911 agency because I need 'better experience'. My only other option is another private company that does some 911. They don't pay any better, I would almost certainly do mostly the same thing but I would have a chance to maybe get the 'better experience'. Should I do it?
>Paramedic
>Working for non emergent transport
Switch that shit quick.
Nigga, you fucked up.
>>17341461
I'm not a fire fighter (and I have no plans of ever becoming one) so my options are a lot more limited. There's only two counties that have stand alone EMS.
>>17341466
Plenty of work. You just have to have the want or ability to move. I'm an EMT and I work both on a rig and in the ER. Keep looking, broseph. The experience will pay off. Im getting experience so I can work overseas when I finish my paramedic.
I can't socialize for shit. How do I loosen up? I'm nervous as fuck around women. Drinking doesn't seem to work should I try smoking?
No one cares about you or your thread.
>>17341458
>>17341448
>>17341440
shitty samefag. saged.
Train your socializing skills by talking to people randomly. Maybe try omegle
If I drink vodka every two hours everyday, would that be bad?
It doesn't get me drunk, I just like putting some in my drinks.
Nope, not bad at all. Do it.
>>17341427
>It doesn't get me drunk
why even drink if you're not doing it to get drunk?
Dude your liver lmao.
What's up 4Chan; lately I've been trying a lot more than in the past to find someone I can be with. This is partially because I've become a lot more social since about halfway through highschool and partially because it can get lonely not having anyone (I mean I have plenty of friends, but of course they're not girlfriends/lovers).
I'm not necessarily looking for someone that I can share romantic feelings for (though being able to find someone like that would be best case scenario), sex would be more than okay with me, but I don't see myself doing one-night stands because I'd want it to be with someone that I at least somewhat knew (I'm still a virgin so of course that is a part of it, too).
With that background information, my actual question comes to this...
Where should I go in my general area to meet girls?
I'm currently out of school right now (done with Summer courses) and the only other things I really do to get outside are going on walks, hanging out with friends at arcades/restaurants, and going to work. I'm a bit of a nerd (video games, anime, etc.) so I'm looking more to meet girls with similar interests but that doesn't have to be the case.
I don't really drink, so I'm not sure if a bar is a good idea. I also haven't ever danced or been to a club before... so I don't know if it's good to approach that yet (though I did ask some coworkers to take me along with them next time they went to a club). There's like... a tabletop/Magic the Gathering store near me that I think I'll hit up later after I relearn Magic the Gathering.
Other than that, it seems my options are relatively limited. I'm also still kind of shy in that it's difficult for me to approach people to start a conversation (if someone starts talking to me everything is perfectly smooth... I just still don't yet have a hold on how to approach people I've never met before yet, though).
So yeah, what would be good places to go to meet girls? I should also mention I'm still pretty young (22).
Ain't nobody got time to read all dat booshit.
I haven't actually tried this yet but ive come up with the thought meeting girls in a groceries store might be a good idea as they care enough to go out and buy stuff to make food instead of takeout so maybe you meet healthier girls. Now for the approach i figured it would go something like this. Oh hey excuse me how many grams of saturated fat is in this avocado or some shit probably something simpler doesnt matter if you already know the answer to the question like how do i tell lettuce from cabbage. but im not sure how you would Progress from there
Another Thought that since you like anime you can hang out in a bookstore ( in the anime section because similar interest) stare at the books untill you see a cute one and this is where you pick up a book and ask " Hey have you ever read this one before" and from there i also dont know how it would roll out....maybe pick a popular one so you have a higher chance of a yes then you ask if its any good then boom
I am working part-time at an American company and I think this Latino coworker of mine is kind of hot. Is it a bad idea to call him guapo?
Stop breathing. Just stop.
>>17341422
What?
Yes
So I got bit by a dog on the 4th of july, i believe i posted about it here. I'm on amoxicillin for a week, and the wound on my face oozed out like the second day of treatment while applying ointment
so it seems like its scabbing up and doing fine - i wasnt really planning on drinking but my buddy came over for the night with a haul of some good beer
if i have 1 or 2, I know it can disrupt the functioning of the antibiotic, but is it dangerous if the wound seems cleared/healing?
How good is the beer? If it's really good, roll the dice and put some topical ointment on that shit.
>>17341388
Well I have something similar to bacitracin and an antibiotic anyway
it's stone IPA, 4.something %
Dude your face is going to melt off lmao.
Not sure if anyone here knows anything about how the cartoon industry works but I thought I'd ask.
> showed artwork to someone pitching cartoon show to major network
>He said he liked my work and asked to storyboard the first episode to get greenlit.
>He also asked if it's greenlit if I could become the art director.
I would love to do both and they agreed to pay me for the storyboards I do for the first ep but I'm not entirely sure how the business part of this works out.
Does it seem dickish to ask to be paid for the storyboards of the 1 episode they need if they're also offering me an art director position?
Also, what kind of agreement should I write up with what kind of clauses for a situation like this? Should I make a contract just asking to be paid for the storyboards? Or should it include the art director agreement?
typically, and I'm no expert, you'll wait for some kind of contract if the network likes your stuff, and it's usually fixed or on a rolling basis, like how disney does things (if you remember gravity falls was a similar ordeal to this)
I'm surprised they're taking your show on with you as just a storyboarder and not at least one of a small dept. of writers, overall you'd probably get a commission pay for your first job with them since it's essentially playing chance with a non guarantee of anything in the long run, you feel?
>>17341393
> you'll wait for some kind of contract if the network likes your stuff
Soo... I should just send them a contract to get paid to storyboard the 1 episode for the pitch for now? And if it's greenlit I'll deal with a different agreement with the company?
>>17341434
I should also add that I have no idea what the character designs are like which is why they would ask for a storyboarder before a concept artist/character designer. Unless they assume I would come up with the designs while storyboarding..?
So i was with this girl for almost 2 years, i have given up alot of my hobbies and friends and people that i was really close to for her. I spent the entire relationship trying to make her happy - this was emotionally and physically draining - I have given her emotional support through times were she felt down. She used me for the things that i owned and what i could bring to her life. she controlled what i did and who i was
Okay you might think well that's what a partner has to do or at least should, well i never got the emotional support that i gave, she kept the people around her that tried to drive us apart and i hated them but my opinion didnt really matter too much.
Getting to the point well a few days ago she dumped me because ' she wasnt happy' prior to these events i wasn't as active to go see her or speak to in person or over media. This because at that point i wanted to be alone and just enjoy not having to worry about unnecessary things.
So even that she was manipulative and just an overall nasty person. I know this is the best thing but after commiting myself to her and her every whim i feel a massive emptiness inside. I feel really low and quite depressed.
All i need is a few ideas or anything that could possibly help in anyway in getting over this. Do you guys have any experiences like this. if you do can i hear them i just feel really alone in this time
You could waste time being sad about her or even being angry at her for being nasty or wasting your time. Get over it by realizing that you were own worst enemy. Admit that you tolerating all of that shit and sticking around was the real problem and this sad relationship was just a symptom.
>>17341426
Hey man thanks for replying, Thanks for helping me out, youre right.
Having been in a similar situation but it was only a few months, and I broke it off. I still felt awful even though it was the outcome I wanted, but time heals all wounds. You don't have to 'fix' the feeling, just keep on with your life and one day soon you'll wake up and it won't hurt when you think about her. Creative expression is good, and exercise.
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