2016
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Who here looking to make drastic changes on themselves in the new year?
>gonna study at least 2 hours a day for all my subjects
>start eating right to see improvement improvement in my body while lifting
>take the redpill
>start reading good books that will help(The way of men, Models, etc)
>get a job, save the money and finally fix my teeth
>write a to do list every morning
>study a new language for around 20 minutes a day, currently Italian on dualingo
>keep my haircut clean like the way it is now
>force myself to make a smalltalk with someone everyday even if it means just asking whats the time
>get hobbies, starting with an instrument after I get my job
Post your new year resolutions and FORCE yourself to post stuff that will turn your life around, for the better
>>25378643
Fuck yeah. Lets try to make this year the year. We might fail, but lets actually try and fail instead of never try and never fail.
Better to do it gradually than drastic changes. If you do something drastic it will wear you out much faster and you will revert back hard.
>want to make drastic changes in life
>red pill
Don't you want to make it easier on yourself? Wouldn't acknowledging everything sucks just discourage you?
So if you got 6 subjects like a full time student you're gonna study 12 hours a day and lift, and read, and study for a new language and go out and talk to folks and get hobbies.
I like that you want to improve unlike most robots but take it slow otherwise you're gonna burn out
You know who I like though? Kobe Bryant, he's good looking
>>25378643
This year I want to
>get a gf
>eat healthier
>stop being a NEET
>finish my books of Proust
>go to college
Let's be real, OP. None of us are going to change.
I'm going to get /fit/ again. I used to be goku level /fit/ but between my failed uni attempt and a mentally ill cunt my fitness went to shit and now i have a belly. ffs... Women are cancer.
>>25378746
basically this,1 thing at a time bud don't overhwhelm yourself
I've been going to the gym consistently this past month, gonna keep doing that and getting into rock climbing as a hobby. Hoping to eventually start trying to atleast approach girls and ask for numbers or something, should be easier with the confidence I get from rock climbing
>>25378643
>Maintain GPA of 3+
>Apply for Internships
>Lift again
>Maybe a comfy job like a librarian
>Finish my Diploma
>Eat better
>Get hair cut
>Look after body
>Become alpha
>>25378746
There's only so many years in a lifetime, even less of them at your intellectual peak. For all I've wasted up to now I cannot afford to continue pissing away so much time
>>25378643
Reporting in.
>saving up for corrective jaw surgery which will drastically improve my looks if successful
>ascend career ladder at my current job to job I've wanted since starting in this field
>keep journal more diligently
>improve my german to fluency
>more cycling/gym
>talk less about myself, listen more
>>25379032
If that were the case then you wouldn't wait for the new year to make such changes.
>>25378643
It doesn't help that much.
In the end, happiness comes from the self. Rather than just improving yourself, you need to find the balance that makes you happy. One day, maybe six months, maybe one year into your hardcore self-improvement cocoon mode, you'll be hit by a sense of extreme loneliness and depression.
I thought I was OK with being alone, but apparently that's not it. Everybody needs stress release and real human interaction once in a while.
>Mfw cocoon mode for nearly a year
>Did nothing but go to class when necessary to take exams, exercise, and study
>Going to go get fucked up with m8s in a couple days for relief
Don't get burned out m8. Also, 20 minutes a day isn't nearly enough to learn a language. Should be 1 hour at least at bare minimum. If you want to be really productive, keep note of how much you sleep then average the time you spend on your entertainment routine. After that, for each subject you study, break them into 30 minute chunks. When they're in 30 minute chunks, you're less prone to procrastination and you focus more. Even if you want to study something more, add another 30 minute chunk. This way, it's pretty easy to sleep 6 hours/spend 1 hour on misc(eat, shower, brush teeth, facial routine, bathroom), then spend around 3 hours on entertainment, then the other 14 hours on studying.
It's going to suck donkey balls, GL m8. I suggest a physical hobby besides lifting and that you read "Quantum Memory Power"; it gives you superb memory tricks to use in conversation and in daily life.
>>25378643
I'm not doing any resolutions.
I'm gonna keep working towards my goals of recovering my health and ignore all the "new year, new me" Facade.
>>25378643
Don't say you'll do a thousand things. Pick one or two and stick to it.
>>25378813
Not with that attitude, silly. :^)
My goal for this year is to start playing gigs and put out some kind of release even if it's just submitting demos to small bandcamp labels or doing a limited run cassette to sell at shows.
I'd like to get on some local bills so once I have enough material for a 20-30 minute tight live set, I'm going to email some venue owners and a handful of local bands I've noted down with a similar aesthetic and tell them if they ever need someone to fill out a bill, I'll do it.
I also want to start writing more seriously. Ideally a bit daily. I have a lot of ideas jotted down I just need to sort through things and start putting in the grind work of fleshing out the ideas.
>go to work every day
>shower every day without exception + brush teeth twice, wash hair with shampoo weekly
>smoke less weed, or none
>become able to say no to people
>exercise at least 3 times a week
>>25378763
If you're of the right disposition, red pilling yourself can actually really improve your life (if you're willing to act upon it). It can make things worse if you don't plan to change anything though
>>25378643
>redpill
Lol
>>25378643
Not me. Fuck self improvement and fuck changes. It's all meaningless.
>>25378643
I think if you're waiting for some date to start improving yourself, it ain't gonna happen in long term.
But good luck to you.
Btw I started reading Models few nights ago and it's great. You should start with it.
>>25378643
I hope so anon
>get a job
>join a gym
>start training bjj
>start reading books
>get a drivers licence
>build a gaming pc
>join the military
OP here, thank you all I have written this before but 4chan was frozen for me, I will take it easy and focus on the A level priorities:studying, lifting and finding a job
>>25379418
I've been already doing some of the stuff for a while, but not as much as I intend because of games of porn which I will be doing after I complete all my tasks from the to do list.I have been suggested Models for so many times I will get into it but I'm reading How to win friends and influence people right now. What have you learned from Models?
>>25379111
Thanks a lot I saved the whole thread and I will follow your advice when it comes to studying, and calculate how much time the misc stuff takes from my day. Is in a couple of days the first time you get out of cocoon mode or did you had any chance to try the "improved" you out there recently? Also if you have any more books in your mind.
>Nofap + noporn forever.
>Study 2 hours minimum every day except Sunday.
>Get a fucking job.
>Fix sleeping schedule.
>Exercise minimum three times a week.
>Eat at least one fruit a day (it's a start).
Was thinking about leaving 4chan too but that shit is hard and it makes me feel crazy lonely.
>>25379562
>>join the military
good goy
>>25378643
I could try changing myself but I'm so comfy right now.
Today is my last fast food meal.
Here begins the dawn of a new era of robochad.
I'm also blocking 4chan at midnight. So I wish you all well and a happy 2016. I will probably lurk for the rest of the day.
>>25378643
>meet sister for the first time and get drunk together
>starts talking about how im smater and more handsome than i think
>hands me a little metal heart thing with some bs feelgood things write on it
>"my mother gave this to me i want you to have it now"
>tells me she wants me to stop drugs but can't control my life
>"wah my life is so easy yours been hard"
>shes 20 im 18
>i might just listen to her and see if i can fake being a normie
>pic related
OP I'm not trying to be a dick but I don't think you'll do all those things, desu I think you may not even do any of them for more than 2 months. I don't know you personally but this mindset I find always sets up for failure. Last year I made a long word document for the things I wanted to do in 2015 and I went into great detail about exactly how I'd go about them. But guess what? I didn't. I know you're not me so you might actually do all this which would be great but I find this new years resolution shit to be kinda cancerous, especially if it's long lists of stuff like yours. I think it'd be better to have a short list of things you want to do but don't make January 1st the cut off point because it's a lot of pressure, I'm just going to gradually work at mine
I only want do these things
>eat better
>exercise
>quit smoking
>keep practising 2nd instrument
>be more social
But I'm not going to bombard all these things on myself at once tomorrow, in fact I'm going to get Almost Famous burgers tomorrow, but I'm hopefully going to work at all these things over the year
I plan on going full psycho.
>>25379794
Lmao, you look like a fucking cartoon character
That may be because you're a manlet
>Eat better
>Work more efficiently
>See a movie/play a week
>Try to read more
are we back? Fucking chink moot
>>25379708
My fruit diet is made of basically sugar apple, oranges, melon, normal apples, concord grapes, pink panda strawberry, among others. I eat at least 15 fruits per day, and that's the way to go if you want to have a really healthy life.
Write down ur goals.
They need to be specific and measurable, make a roadmap so you can check if you stay on track
>>25378643
Isn't there a study that proves if you tell people your goals you won't accomplish them?
Pretty much going to do the same as you Senpai-san.
>eat healthier, loose weight
Already doing that and lost a few kilos
>study for the final test for my apprenticeship daily
This is hard. It's in March and I'm a lazy fuck when it comes to studying.
>Make my soon to be gf happy
She's the only person why I'm willing to change myself.
>Read a few good books
Already ordered "A mans search for meaning". Sounds interesting.
>Improve my english
I'm already pretty good compared to other people my age where I live. Reading books in english and watching movies in english helps a lot.
>start a webcomic
I'm pretty good at drawing and story telling and I wanted to do that for ages. Never had the money or time to do that.
>follow my "dreams"
I'm about to be a Mechatronics engineer, but I want to be an entertainer in some way. Call me a faggot but I have a Youtube channel where I try to be some sort of funny and people seem to like it. If that doesn't work out (what I'm not expectig to happen) I may try to go to an actig school.
I'm on my way to be a normie. Good Luck to all of you.
>>25379915
Good on you. I should eat more fruits too. Currents I just eat a couple bananas, an avocado and an apple each day for fruit.
>>25379038
Kannst du schon gut Deutsch sprechen? Hab gehoert das Deutsch eine der schwierigsten sprachen zum lernen ist.
I want but It might be too late. I've wasted so many years already. If only I could go back to 2010.
>>25380076
>look at me, my mother tongue is said to be hard to learn so I am more intlegigent
is all I ever get from germans speaking about language hah
>>25380092
>If only I could go back to 2010.
I'd have to go back to last century and even that wouldn't be a foolproof solution.
>>25380015
I don't know man, a major goal in my life was to get out of the shithole country I was in and study at uni abroad, and thats what I managed to do, I also told plenty of people about it, but I usually keep stuff like this to me, the goals I have written in the OP I will probably never tell about them to someone in class for ex, but on /r9k/ feels like a place where you can say things you wouldn't irl
>>25380057
Bananas are nice too, sometimes I'd eat four or even five in a single day.
>>25380092
You could make a change now. If you don't, in another 5-6 years you'll be saying the same shit again. Why don't you learn from the mistakes of your past and try to improve the future? I bet you're like 25-26, that's baby mode.
>>25380239
Alright thank you for clarifying, gives me the courage to actually post what I'm going to do:
>Stop using porn.
>Stop using my days off to masturbate and edge all day.
>Set aside at least an 2 hours of my time to FINALLY LEARN JAPANESE.
>GET BACK INTO EXERCISING.
>Practice my writing/composition and write my VN.
>Pick up Python and Windows basic again.
>Try to cut down on my wasteful (fun) time in general.
I'm already 21 and I cannot afford to waste anymore time, we all must reach for our dreams; I wish everyone the best in their endeavors.
>>25380015
TED talks don't count as studies
>>25380256
I'm 23. I don't know tho. I see people younger then me who have so much more and I wonder why even bother.
>>25380441
You were right we are similar, I'm also getting my ass back on C++ and so far today no porn or video games, want to give up on porn entirely
>>25380497
I heard it somewhere, didn't bother to check.
It's more too fuck with people and have them rely on themselves to get the push they need.
>>25378643
>study a new language for around 20 minutes a day, currently Italian on dualingo
If you're serious about learning a language then make that an hour a day.
Source: I speak Icelandic natively, Danish and English near-natively, and am semi-fluent in Japanese (still learning).
>>25378778
He's probably in college.
Average course load is 3 classes. 6 hours a day on top of 3 hours of classes (realistically possibly less than 3 hours in my experience) is totally doable even with the other stuff he wants to get done.
>>25378935
>Maybe a comfy job like a librarian
If you mean shelving books then sure, but to be an actual librarian almost always requires a master's degree.
>>25380696
>semi-fluent in Japanese (still learning).
Everytime
There's just something overly hilarious about this.
>>25379844
Could you self hate any harder?
![5a3cd3c39e8b85601902700d4612002d[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/NrF5GKe.jpg "5a3cd3c39e8b85601902700d4612002d[1].jpg")
>>25379844
>That may be because you're a manlet
You can always tell when someone is a true manlet because their head always looks disproportionately large in comparison to their body.
>>25379915
Not really - there's a lot of sugar in fruit. You can eat too much fruit, unlike vegetables.
>>25380696
Not him but I kinda want to learn more languages. Problem, however, is that the only languages I need on a regular basis are my native one (Finnish) and English. I studied German for a few months 1-2 hours a day last year but have forgotten most of it already. Guess I'm just too lazy to intentionally expose myself to the new language continually.It's partially the reason why I never graduated upper secondary school due to failing Swedish classes repeatedly
meh
>>25378643
I've had an eating disorder for years now, eating the least as possible and stressing out what/when I eat. I probably can't get fat, nobody in my family has the fat gene so I don't know why I do this. I'm not a skelly, fairly /fit/ body and 109lbs which is my heaviest (usually around 106lbs) so I'm making some changes. Either starve myself or go to the gym and eat right. I have until midnight to decide.
I have off from work for 4 days in a row so I'm trying to keep it to 600 calories to get used to it. If I don't eat I feel shaky at work
>>25378643
>get better on gw2
>fap
>repeat
>>25378643
Did all of those over the course of 2015. It didn't really change much. Not for the better at least.
>>25380044
don't change yourself for a girl EVER
just do it for yourself
as soon as she sees you're changing for her she won't admire you anymore and she'll think you're a weak pussy
girls change for you!!
t. 25 years old lazy failed normie with grill exp
quit jerking off all day
>New years resolution fags
I started doing my shit since november, but anyway I hope you make it brah.
>>25380979
You're right anon but it's not exactly as you say. A girl doesn't give half a fuck about your change if she can see it. To her you're still gonna be that robot.
When he changes he just has to go for new girls. Girls that don't remember his past.
>>25380848
No that's not what I meant. Pic related, a Sugar-Apple if you aren't familiar.
>was just reading a book right now instead of wasting my time on the internet
>the rain outside stopped
>the sun's Light brightly shining in my face
Its a new begining people
>>25381059
It's the serotonin anon.
I've spent the last week preparing myself. I plan to:
>eat more and eat better, gain a few pounds
>exercise cardio and ass
>grow out hair and style it more
>get some better clothes
it's amazing how you can pull all this motivation out of your ass. I'll see how much I can actually stick with
I've tried to improve every year and have only gotten worse. I'm gonna hit rock-bottom soon. Can't imagine living after that for mch longer.
>>25378643
considering that you're on /r9k/ and aiming for self-improvement, I'd say that you've fulfilled the requirements for redpill already
Giving up vidya for good.
My interest has been dwindling for years but wish me luck lads
>>25381164
Haha you'll come back.
>>25381164
Good luck. It's easier said than done.
>>25381164
>Giving up vidya for good.
Just play in moderation. Saying "giving up for good" will just make you revert back to playing too much.
Alright lads, my New Year's resolution for 2016 is that I plan to make an honest attempt to get laid by the end of 2017. Also not drinking anymore alcohol after tonight, unless I get invited to someplace (which has never happened).
i'm going full blown diogenes and started just wandering around, panhandling and smoking weed all day. Fuck it.
>>25378643
My new years resolution is to finally off myself
>>25378643
m8 i already hate life, why would i want to make it worse by doing any of this bullshit?
plans: stay drunk
>>25381274
did you write this:
This closely aligns with the philosophy of Daoism and the Stoics (And the Cynics). Check out Zhuangzi,
Laozi and Diogenes etc.
"Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing." - Laozi
in my thread the other day?
>>25381312
Yep, it was me. Why?
>get /fit/
>read more
>finish course
>get better at spelling
>job
>fix sleeping schedule
>>25378643
Why do people always wait for New Years to realise they need to improve themselves? I started doing all this "New Year; new me"-bullshit in August, and couldn't happier about it.
>>25381312
don't listen to >>25381337
That wasn't me.
>>25381159
Thank you anon that motivates me even more, do you have any resolutions?
>>25381164
Just put in mind that vidya is a waste of time and you are just playing a simulacrum of real life instead of living it.
>>25378643
very ambitions OP, odds on not doing all of those things after a week or so. Don't let that dishearten you though, go for it
>>25381164
You get that feeling you should always have a 'current game'? I'm going to stop doing that, I'll just play dark souls 3 when it comes out and not bother with much else. It's mostly shit.
>>25381362
What did you do and what results do you see?
>>25381395
Wow fuck off and stop pretending you're me.
>>25378643
>actually having a new years resolution
If I feel there's something in my life that needs changing, I'm not going to wait until a stupid holiday to do it. New Years is no excuse to do anything, I'll get to working on my goals as soon as possible. Fuck New Years
>>25381362
The changing of the year gives the gesture symbolic meaning. Sometimes that's what people need to get through it
I'm going to apply to a modelling firm and put the money towards building a tournament-ready Modern Affinity deck for Magic The Gathering
>>25378643
come back next week and tell us how many of those you actually did
getting healthy/fit, fixing your teeth and maybe reading instead of video games/anime are the most realistic and would actually help the most.
I actually managed to fix my life this year.
>Got a job
>Picked up old hobbies
>Almost finished school, only a couple of months left
>Start making music again
For the year to come tho
>Keep my job, and try to save up some money
>Maybe cure my kv/ get a gf
>Make even more music!
>>25378643
>clean up room
>do all homework
>organize work to study to actually be able to start studying
>study 3-4 hours a day
>do pushups or some shit
>stop doing autistic habits i have
>sleep better
>rage/care less in/about video games
in like summer 2014 i started posting weekly threads on /r9k/ with "improvements" for my life; each week i would choose one of the aspects of my life that i wanted to change or stop doing or improve etc., such as washing my face and brushing my teeth twice a day. surprisingly i did fairly well and have managed to adopt those things into my daily life and "improve" my life with them (tho i soon abandonded it and the threads because i stupidly decided to focus it all on lifting, and set impossible goals, felt bad when i obviously couldn't achieve insane daily lifting goals, and ended the project)
but yeah this shit does kinda work and could work or wahtever
>>25381485
Oh, I also plan on reading the Bible. A QT I've been talking to wants to read it with me so that will be cool
>>25381455
Well, the main thing is eating more healthy, which mostly involves eating more reasonable portions, significantly cutting down on the total calorie intake of each day, and the only days I eat slightly more are the days when I lift, which I do 3 times a week. Oh, also, I cut down on the merry caneabis.
The result is naturally a healthier looking body, slimmer, and with some muscle definition, and even though I'm not quite at Chad-level yet, I clearly feel a difference in general confidence, and thus also happiness. I don't despise the way I look in the mirror when I take a shower, I'm rather proud of the way I look for once, I mean shit, even my dick has stopped looking like a retarded turtle looking out of its fat-based shell.
I used to weigh 125kg (275lbs) at one point, where more or less all of it was pure fat, now I weigh 94 (207), and a significant amount of it is actually muscle. I'm by no means done, but this gives me a task to be working at at all times, which creates the illusion of having a "purpose", which also helps on the general feelings of depression I've been feeling for the past 4 or 5 years.
Truly the best decision and action of my entire life thus far, and I intend to continue.
>>25378729
You can't let the year of the Trump be a bad year for you. Do it for Trump, know he supports you.
>>25378643
Well here goes nothing.
>start doing pushups, curls, and squats every day
>shower and brush teeth every day instead of every other day
>study harder and finish college
>get a job
>move out of parent's house and into my own place
>spend time with my gf every day and less time on computer
>keep hair cut short
>keep facial hair trimmed short and even
>generally just improve my personal hygiene
>beat the shit out of this guy who is trying to get with my gf (he's told her he has feelings for her and is constantly trying to be alone with her. Letting her handle it up until now but it's time I stepped in)
>>25378643
i'm stealing that list fucker
>>25378643
2016's going to be the year anons, I'm finally gonna make it
>>25381746
At least give some ideas back in return you monster ;_;
Heres a real challenege for all of you: stop browsing 4chan starting new years day.
>>25382176
Maybe not as much but its good to come here from time to time
>>25378643
i feel pretty forced to. it's not even an option at this point. i'm 24 and have no job and no car and still a virgin and was undecided on a career path until a few months ago. i wasted the last 5 years of my life in a figurative coma. i wish i had time to get a job but i'm taking a full course load so i can transfer and doing volunteer work and clubs and shit to make up for my shitty grades of 5 years ago. btw i'm not just talking myself up for the new year. i started making all these changes last semester.
i desperately want a girlfriend but i dont even have time to be dating. plus all the women my age are college graduates by now and would expect me to pay for shit.
feel like if i fall into depression again i might as well just kill myself because i'll fall too far behind to catch up
>>25382078
already doing first two
>go out hiking once a week for at least 2 hours preferably with friends
>start jogging at least 3 times a week
>learn how to grow vegetables or other farmwork
>learn how to build a house all by yourself
>>25381263
I believe in you anon.
Also this is a 100% original comment.
>>25378643
you're not going to actually do any of that
>>25381566
Good job anon keep on keepin on.
>>25380092
I'm 25, had a lot of stuff going on in my life, travel, girlfriends and stuff but now I'm back at my rents house. Doesn't help that where I live is super poor.
What I mean is whatever your age you can do it mate. Stop comparing yourself to younger people. It's unfair to you. They were probably raised in a different enviroment... Don't worry about stuff you can't control and focus on yourself. The only people you have to compare yourself with is past you and future you. Like an athlete trying to break his personal record.
Don't play the compare my life with people's lives on Facebook game. You'll go crazy.
>>25383180
stop being a Negative Nancy, you can literally do anything you want
>>25378643
>Bring GPA up to at least a 3.0
>Treat my ADHD
>Get back into shape after getting mono twice
>Read the works of St. Thomas Aquinas
>Save money in order to buy Iroc-Z
>Get rid of acne
>Eat healthier
>Train BJJ or Krav Maga
>Stop watching porn/jerking off
>Drink more booze (I know, I know)
>Go to Florida on spring break
>rape someone so I won't die a virgin
>then kill myself
I'm just gonna paint my room, nice and simple
>>25382176
Browsing 4chan isn't the problem. It simply fills a void created in us robots created from the lack of a fulfilling social life. In the rare times my social life is heavy, I don't even remember that I'm not browsing 4chan.
Correlation =/= cause
Everyone with these unrealistic big-ass lists needs to read Mini Habits
>read at least 6 books
>1pl8 bench, 2 pl8 deadlift, 2pl8 squat
>learn Spanish a bit
>>25383180
I apreciate your help anon, you're saying this to motivate me even more and succed, good luck to you in the new year as well, but you dont need it, you already seem like the kind of person that achieved a ton of goals already
>>25378643
>Studying subhuman language
>Not studying nihongo master race
Baka desu senpai (baka means stupid)
>>25378643
>mfw I already did this in 2015
>mfw I am now Chad
