>July 1, 2023
what have you guys accomplished in the first half of the year?
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>July 1, 2023
>July 1, 2023
what have you guys accomplished in the first half of the year?
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dropped out of school/work and began my life of financial security ($62k/yr) in solitude until I die
I jerk offd about 400 times this year, fricked 2 escorts, and had a dominatrix fart up my nose.
Congrats anon!
pretty based, how did you manage that? Did you pay them or are you a player who gets it for free? And did you get any good BRAPS from them?
You on long-term disability or something? Teach me your secrets
Help us out anon I want this life too
I've sniffed 4 different women's buttholes. Aiming for 10 this year.
I have rimmed 3 women so far this year. Goal would be 10, but that's gonna be difficult.
Keep at it man, we can do it.
you think youll get to 10 before they catch you??
>finally left the military
>enrolled at my top choice college with a full ride thanks to GI bill
>quit social media
>quit fapping
>quit vaping
Life’s good bros
>still on IST
Kek true but I’ve been here for over a decade and every other site is gay as frick, this is the only place that’s actually provided me with good fitness/book/hobby advice
I dont trust any website that doesnt recommend Blood Meridian, and so far this is the only one
And you're not white. Gi bill riding beaner.
post hand, lee.
Not a Hispanic, just white
And do tell me what’s wrong with using my GI Bill
beware the mighty dependapatamus, they now roam colleges looking for men like you, ive lost 3 brothers to those mighty ham beasts
Lost 35 pounds
That's kind of it
I'm afraid I'm NGMI, my heart is too brokeded
>lost 35 lbs
Good work man
You're so making it and you don't even know it.
Diagnosed with autism and ADHD, lost 7kg so far from the medication and now my jawline and face look good. Haven’t done much else, still unemployed.
I stopped jerking off
https://imgur.io/gallery/g4eGH
I made my fiancee pregnant
Wtf
How did you do that?
how is babby formed?
how is baby formed?
how girl get pregnent?
Do you know if youre the father yet???
lost 20lbs
got a raise/promotion
stopped drinking myself to death every weekend
paid off a shit ton of debt
that's it
I broke up with my girlfriend of 8 years
Why?
She gained weight and wasn't putting out lmao. Pic related its another balloon
understandable
Understandable
Understandable
Understandable
Understandable and incredibly based.
I started a business, learned basic programming and server maintenance + web design, havent quit porn yet. But i want to, so i will. Still here.
How did you learn all that stuff anon
Anon works out at the library
I tried learning web design once, couldn’t get past javascript
ChatGPT, now currently learning autoCAD and adobe illustrator, cause my biz requires all of these.
My IQ is 100 btw. You dont need anything lmao. Just maximize your potential. Also, html css and js are one and the same, so i had to learn the hard way, ask for things to be done.. explain certain things, how things work. Its just love for what i do and what i want to create, to sit down and invent or create something out of nothing fills me. I still workout 4x a week, learned to self program my workouts (though ive been slacking recently). Im a neet for the time being, to be free of college.
Understandable
Understandable
You can love someone and if they don't put out at a manageable frequency ya gotta cut ties. It's like owning a house you love but it has no bathroom.
Understandable
quit cigarettes
I comprehend
Understandable
Understandable
Reasonable.
Hehe my fellow redditors, i will also write the same post as everyone else. Lol! We are soooo #quirky! Wholesome 100
shut up gay
わかります
Paзбиpaeмo
Entendible
Understandable, have a nice day
+Got a Japanese young( legal age) virgin qt gf
-Lost my job and unemployed
+Use weed only 2x/week instead of daily use
+Have 45k saved up, 0 debts
Absolutely nothing
Same as the last 12 years since I became a neet
I guess I did put on some muscle for the first time
Make getting in shape your full time job. Be a fun neet instead!
The better question is what I have achieved in the last three decades and the answer is nothing.
>fittest I've ever been
>continued my meditation practise to new heights
>started going to meditation classes at Tibetan temples in a nearby town
>semi-gf is now a lot happier than she has been in a long time
>meeting up on Monday with a cute girl that I played footsie with under the table at the pub
>changed my name to something cool that I really like after flip flopping about it for years
>took autistic sad kid under my wing and told him to remember that the present moment is the only time
>slowly recovering from schizophrenia
>starting to listen to more wholesome music
Things are looking up, chaps.
We are all going to make it!
Forgot to mention I have now looked at every crop circle in the Crop Circle Connector Archives. This may not seem like an accomplishment to most but I am very proud of it as there are hundreds of them. After a few pages of it you start to see them flying around in your field of vision :3
>semi-gf is now a lot happier than she has been in a long time
Glad to hear Tyrone has been taking care of her for you. It's a shame you could never compete, because if you could, she might be your full-gf instead of your semi-gf.
Good to see you working hard Chang.
Thanks, Goldsteinberg
>semi-gf
Semi yeah
We have a lot of phone calls but I rarely go and see her
We're content to be mostly just friends and then occasionally get horny and do the bad thing together when we feel like it. I'm not serious about her. She wants me to move in with her and have a baby and I'm not sure if she's emotionally healthy enough for that yet tbqh
I hit 2pl8 on bench, learned ballroom dancing, and got a small promotion at my job. Still no gf, I stopped caring about it because I ran out of energy to stress over it but somehow I think I have gotten closer to zen.
I got fired from my job.
> lost 12kg
>full time job
> bought a house
Feels good
I would have accomplished alot more if I hadnt needed surgery on my ankle. So as far as im concerned I actually did alright, given the circumstances.
>Hit new zercher squat and stiff legged deadlift numbers after 2 years of rehabbing a broken back.
>Started jiujitsu with my fiance and 5 classes in choked out a fellow white belt for the first time.
>Got a new job counting pills in a pharmacy for 18 bucks an hour.
>Got a new apartment and filled it with barbell, bumper plates, Landmine platform, reflex bag, grappling dummy, and spare bedroom specifically for rolling.
Next I'm going to start farming garden snails and honeypot ants for protein.
I’m proud to read the comments here. The boys are getting their shit together. Keep it up
I stopped gaming and have been focusing on personal projects and more outdoors stuff
>44
>144 and 144
Dubs with internal dubs. Very nice.
Today I OHPd 145 for 5x5. I also just climbed v7 outside and have a new job that Im locked in at. Honestly though I'm getting tired of the eternal struggle to push myself and would really enjoy drinking heavily and playing vidya until I'm a corpse.
Finally graduated. No longer underperforming student. Unemployed instead kek.
Been yoyoing. Down ~8lbs, goal was 20. Its ok as long as I dont regress, but its not good.
Lost 6 pounds, wrote a book and finished 2 courses online.
Nice, what were the courses about, anon?
How to suck cawk.
Multiculturalism in Canada (I know, stupid shit but I got a 90) and career planning.
I'm taking basic mathematics right now and I'm doing OK.
>health
Started running again, got my 5k back under 30 minutes, feeling great and gonna start the gym up again in a couple weeks
>work
Just got a raise last week. Job keeps telling me how great I'm doing and they have big plans for me
>love life
I think my engagement is slowly falling apart. There's no spark anymore, and she just complains about work or fricks around her phone. I know she still loves me very much, but it feels like she's just going through the motions with every part of our relationship. Our sex life feels forced and stale. I always feel like I'm her last priority too. It's especially hard since everything else in my life is going great, and I'm starting to get attention from other women. I would never cheat, but it makes me think what the frick am I doing wrong, when all these women are giving me eyes, but the 1 woman I proposed to just treats me like a roommate.
are you taking her out on exciting dates?
Got my first job out of highschool and ive started working more on my programming skills/ cybersecurity stuff, I just hope I don't end up a loser for the rest of my life
>quit last teaching gig
>moved up to a more specialized position in a bigger district
>big pay raise in summer job
>finished all but 3 classes in my masters
>1k leg press
>1/2/3/4 lifts with 10-25+ on each lift
>paid off credit card debts
>paid down auto loan
Well, I finally broke 2pl8s on squat this year, it isn't much but it's a step up from where I was a couple of years ago when I couldn't even squat the bar.
I finally got strong enough and confident enough to start doing martial arts. Learning kickboxing and jiujitsu from a really great coach, at our last jiujitsu tournament 3 of our guys won gold in their brackets, with one of them getting silver in their main bracket and gold in a challenger bracket. I'm pretty confident in my coach, hopefully i'll be ready to compete soon.
Also trying to learn the fundamentals of Taijiquan from this one book i found. Only problem is that even though it goes over stances and forms really accurately, it doesn't really properly convey the application of it. Tai Chi as an art is very, VERY obviously grappling focused, but a lot of the application the book goes over has to do with striking, which is REALLY fricking moronic. I wish I could find an actual tai chi master who wasn't full of shit, but right now I'll have to make do with kickboxing and jiujitsu.
I beat all of the MCC Halo games. Onto Halo wars now, not sure what to do about 5. Also I started drinking less I think? I am definitely better at it now
>got a better paying job
>quit masterbating
>retvrn to gym
I started lifting got a bachelor's degree in stupidity and got accepted to get a phd in stupidity.
still no gf
I have accomplished absolutely nothing, just like the previous 31 years of my life up until this point. Days, weeks, months, years are disappearing in a flash and I don't even have any memories of this year.
Bought a house and accepted a new job with a decent comp bump.
fricking nothing.
Still unemployed. Still addicted to porn and weed. Vidya is boring but I still play out of boredom. I'm reading more but that's it. Still a lazy frick.
I can't continue like this.
Average ISTner
Good work on being a stereotype
Nothing good. At least we can only go uphill from here
Lost 5kg
>2nd kid and first son this year
>benched 300 (not 3pl8s tho)
>career has some interesting options I'm pursuing
It's been good, wife and kids and I are having a pretty good year so far
>lost 20 pounds
>halfway finished with comp sci degree, attempting to get my first ever internship
>saved enough money to travel next year out of the country solo for the first time
>got a raise
I mean, it could be much better but definitely an improvement coming from someone who was a total NEET and had nothing going for me
>got new easier, higher paying job
>went to pub couple of times
>some photography
>inconsistent at gym
>still Incel
>friends slowly turning on me
I’ll be 21 this year
I graduated college, have a job lined up, and been doing bjj since January. I also have been reading a book every month. Still feel like a useless stupid lazy frick but that feeling never goes away.
Your use lies in how much you can help others and spread joy. As long as you know you're doing what you need to you'll know you aren't useless
Started losing weight
Started learning JavaScript
My sites almost done although it's mostly PHP.
About to BPC-157MAXX and cure my injuries I can exercise pain free then I'll HGHMAXX and grow in height
Broke a single mom's heart because she wouldn't suck my dick.
made some ok money, got a gf and got accepted to the police academy
>went to rehab for booze
>relapsed in feb
>trying to cut down
>getting out of the Military in a month
I haven't seen my family since I enlisted 4 years ago and I had lost contact with my only 2 friends until recently. I'm scared to go back
I'm not doing great. I'm better than I was last year but that doesn't mean much.
I just got out last month man it’s great youll feel so much better it ends brother
i finally learned to do things in moderation.
I've been an extreme guy all my life
made a lot of money doing amphetamines and working 3-4 days 24h and then sleeping one day
then fasted to lose weight for 40 days because i was fat
quit all drugs, alcohol and cigarettes cold turkey
overtrained like crazy for a year until i started being scared of going to the gym
then suddenly God was in my life and now everything is balanced
i am currently leading a healthy life that i couldn't have imagined before.
everything i was doing before that was always about destroying myself as much as i could, to reach my goals
now i am enjoying the process and the struggles, the fun times, everything
That's a very big breakthrough, allows you to actually build things up
you still sound you're not living in moderation though. Even this moderation should be in moderation.. I know cause I'm similar
I lost 20 kgs
I still look like complete shit
>what have you guys accomplished in the first half of the year?
I started working again after being a NEET for almost three years.
I also started working out again after not lifting for two years.
Lost 13kg and made decent progress playing the guitar. I can play whole songs now.
I have had sex for the first time with my first ever gf
>Got a new job
>Improved physique, getting mires from buds now
>Getting more into my hobbies
>Kissed a girl for the first time (26yo), did everything tbh except penis in girl
I want to lose virginity by the end of the year, keep getting better at hobbies and maybe get a raise, we'll see
>quit my job
>got to therapy
>quit drugs and an alcohol
>relapsed a few times cause moron
>got back to the gym
>went from stealthy skinnyfat to IST
>got out of my loneliness bubble
>started meeting grills
>got better at playing guitar
Dating four woman at the same time now, shit's exhausting.
what's the point of dating multiple people then? it's all work
I completed a 12-year-long savings goal and quit my job. At minimum it'll be a multi-year sabbatical, at best it'll be exiting paid employment for life. Enjoying being out of the rat race and having 8-12 more hours per weekday to invest in myself.
Got a 3 day ban for posting "Black folk tongue my anus"
My wife and I had a miscarriage, we are still trying for our first child. It's been really hard on her (and me).
Are either of you vaxxed?
>miscarriage has never been a problem before 2021
Your brain on /misc/
I'll take that as a yes. No refunds.
started lifting, quit sugar, quit caffeine, quit alcohol, got a job, quit vidya
>finally moved out of my country, i now am a teacher at 19
>got a gf
>bulked up to an almost normal BMI
life is blessing me
>finally managed to meet a girl
>finally managed to have sex
>only to find out sex isn't nearly as fancy as I imagined it would be
>and doing stuff with a girl is actually kinda annoying
>mfw I think I'd rather be alone again at this point
Turns out you really can't fill that void within yourself with pussy.
That's what virgins with rage should understand but they don't. They think once they have sex that things will change and it's this magical shit that will change your life, but it doesn't. Nothing changes and you're still same person, only thing different is that you can say you had sex... but that's it.
Internally it probably doesn’t change your self perception as much as the perception others have of you.
My parents know I never really went out, I’ve never brought a girl back home, never sent any letters home about one and they’re still telling me to “settle down” after “sowing all my wild oats” except I gained wizardhood last month. Even as Christian and conservative as they raised me, they still implicitly understand what normal, thriving manhood is and I’d be embarrassed to tell them I’ve never even touched a girl.
My mother just assumes I have a secret gf, she doesn't ask if I have one anymore. I don't think she can imagine the thought that I'm still a virgin.
haha same
I do have to say that after losing weight girls qre actually starting to say hi to me so maybe all isn't lost.
Never underestimate a woman’s ability to delusion herself
Find better, hotter girls.
Found God
I did cocaine fir the first time
how was it
Somebody gave me 2 grams as a gift. I snorted it and played video games all day. It was amazing . I felt really good, I was so happy. I went for a walk and was in love with the planet. I never felt so good. I walked home and realized I snorted it all. I was so sad and depressed. I was sad because I ran out of cocaine. I wanted more and I don't know where to get it. I was kind of freaking out for a while.
TLDR: I enjoyed it way too much.
Damn bro it's best that you don't know where to get it. Let it be a one time thing only cause you dont wanna go down that path
no way you did 2gs and didn’t die. Maybe if it was 75% flour. otherwise stay away from coke, so many tech bros in my sphere are cokeheads and they’re all suicidal. Not sure which came first tho
Buddy that gift wasn’t from a friend. Don’t pursue anymore. The first hit is always the highest. The next time will not be as good as the last. Clear your head immediately.
homie doesn't know the first hit is for free
World domination via black rock 😉
Best sig server if you actually want to get your shit together
https://discord.gg/JAZEQ2Pj
Made $70 from release my music on streaming services.
Obviously not much but the numbers are increasing month on month, working on new music all the time, if I can keep growing and improving maybe I could be a full time composer/producer
thats awesome man. keep the grind up
was KHV NEET2 years ago
>went on vacation with gf and friends
>slowly and steadily going from fat alcoholic to ottermode (but this has already been over a year in the making tbh)
>basically already been assured a good wage increase this year at my new job
i went from hating myself for being a 24yo khv living off gibs and leeching off my parents to having a job, a gf, and a friend circle. it’s been a wild 2 years and idk how i did it
I had sex twice, met new people by talking to them on the street, hit two plate bench, confronted my fears, a few smaller things I forgot. I'm not "there" yet, but I'm getting closer.
47 days of
- no porn
- strict diet
- cardio workouts
but that's nothing compared to the next one
- I've fixed my brain
Tens of failed attempts over the years finally came to this: I am gonna make it this time.
I feel good. I feel confident. I feel angry. And this is not even my final form.
>47 days
Congrats anon. Anything else to fix the brain or just what listed?
I started my master graduation project in January. Right now I have so much issues with even measuring my setup, I'm tense and stressed as frick. I literally just make aspirin and need to analyze the kinetics, but frick me it misbehaves and doesn't fit the theory.
>Got dumped due to my drinking (for the second time)
>Ended up in a psych ward
>Quit drinking after drinking too much
>Fricking up a date due to being really fricking drunk (she said I smelled like booze when we made out)
>Fried dopamine receptors due to kickstarting my cut with a frickload of vyvanse
>Got a wisdom tooth infection which just now suddenly got back.
>Worked myself into a burn out
>Now abusing cardarine to hopefully get the remainder of my beer belly to frick off.
[screams in liver]
Yeah... Did a blood test and my liver enzymes weren't exactly fantastic, albeit everything else looked great. I'm only 25 lol.
Lost 25lbs so far and started a great new job at this European based company with Hella benefits
>turned 30
>got the muscles
>got the car
>got the gf
>got the close friends
>got my own business and living off it
>went to church
>10k steps daily
>quit seed oils
>iced my balls
Yet I still want to blow my brains out every fricking day. Explain this IST. The only shit that happened from 2021 I went from 10% to 15% or something
Imposter syndrome. You have not internalized your accomplishments.
checked, how to beat?
No fricking clue, I have it too.
>phd student
>nestegg
>plan for the future
>no gf, need gf
>existential dread that accompanies me everywhere due to the fact that I've never succeeded at anything that I put more than the bare minimum amount of effort into
Try asking your gf what she loves about you maybe and hold on to that.
I know it sounds like bullshit but I can guarantee to you that it worked for me, accept who you are and take things as they come, finding peace outside of oneself is like when fatties stuff their faces with food to feel good in the moment.
shrooms
You need to practice gratitude and mindfulness.
Shaddap hippie
There is a plethora of studies that shoe that people who remember 3 things they are grateful for every day are measurably happier
It's one of the most consistent findings in positive psychology
I'm nearly done with national guard OCS. Just annual training in a couple weeks and I'll be a butterbar.
Do not do traditional route NG OCS, lads. What a slog.
>stopped giving fricks
>kept my virginity
>left Gmail and Youtube
>left Steam
>deleted shit ton of accounts
>started using sudo emails
>phone has 99% FOSS apps
>installed pi-hole
>visible abs
>got a credit card
>going to Japan on holidays
>planing to go to Greece and Italy
Lost 7 kg after deciding to stop chasing strength. I feel better than ever and I still need to lose at least 5 more kg.
I quit my old wage cuck job and now I'm looking for greener pastures. I am also studying for a new certificate so I negotiate a higher salary. Wish me luck bros.
good luck anon
>Cut 30lbs
>Started TRT
>Test at 1200 ng/dl
>Got in 2 failed relationships
>Got kicked out of several bars
Life's good bros, I'll hit abs soon and have a delusional mental state
>Got kicked out of several bars
Do tell. I've never been kicked out of a bar.
I survived a broken neck. I hit my goal weight. I finally got to run a D&D session that wasn't shit. I'm still suffering from chronic depression and haven't slept well since my father died over a decade ago, but hey things could be worse.
lost a third of my weight (94 to 66kg)
I had to do it because I got my right kidney removed due to cancer.
kind of not nice but I had to.
Goddam that was a big cancer
lol nah, not that way. the thing is that if you lose half of your ability to filter, its much easier for the remaning kidney to remain healthy if youre lighter.
when theres more of you, then yeah theres more shit to clean up. my urologic oncologist said that my max ceiling weight should be around 70kg even though im a 175cm manlet
Your oncologist sounds like a woman or a twink.
eh, when i was on kidney institute, other patients like donors and transplant recepients (basically people with single functioning kidney) are told the same thing. to lower their weight
>made $280k this year so far
>got a quality gf
>22 flights, 3 countries, 24,443 miles flown so far
REEE NORMIE
Forgot the bad. I'm still 15 lbs over my goal weight and am having trouble maintaining the cut while traveling.
>haven't been home for longer than 1 week at a time since april 10, 2023
I have maintained my 20 lb weight loss but I haven't lost an lb since April. I know you can still cut while traveling, but it's taking all my willpower just to maintain at 200.
You’re a pilot I gather?
I'm an independent contractor who works on a specific part of the B2B sales cycle. I bill high rates, but I also work a ton, and travel a lot (cool but draining).
What do you do for a living?
If you work more than 40 hrs a week then thats shit.
Teach me your ways senpai
>gained the weight back
>my eating disorder got worse
>my depression got worse
>might be homeless sooner or later
Bros... I didn't think it could get any worse but it did. I don't think I'm gonna make it
>Finished my contract with the Army
>Moved to Europe
>Got new job working remote from home
>Immediately got gf pregnant after moving in together
Things are going well though not entirely as I had planned I was vetting this girl for marriage with the intent of having children the timeline just moved up a bit. Apparently the whole chicks can get pregnant from just a bit of precum rumor is true
I hope you’re not in France because paternity tests are illegal there…
Lol no I'm in Eastern Europe and this kid is 100% mine I picked a good woman who doesn't want to frick around it's really nice having a woman who treats you with respect even with my best relationships I had in the US I never got that
Very well. I’ll defer to your experience in that regard.
But really gents, you fellas never noticed that your precum was not perfectly clear?
I've noticed just figured it would take a decent amount of spent to survive the trip to the egg I've been pulling out with girls for years and never got anyone pregnant I assume it's because of how toxic American women's bodies are from all the shitty GMO food and drugs
>t.fat moron still in his mom's basement inventing stories.
I passed USMLE Step 1, which was nice I guess. Other than that, nothing good readily comes to mind.
>mfw failed Step 1
>back to hours of studying
>feel like im starting to fall behind in life
its over for me isnt it. tell me im gonna be okay
Are you US MD, US DO, or IMG?
US MD so ik that helps a bit but still damn :/
Yeah it definitely helps. IMGs are up shit creek these days and match rates for DOs were a bloodbath last cycle, so being US MD should help especially if your home institution has an in-house preference for certain programs. I'm not going to lie fren, it's not good but you're still in the game especially if you can crush Step 2 and do good on rotations. I wouldn't plan on derm at this point, but I know a couple people in the class above me that failed Step 1 and still matched stuff like IM and EM. Godspeed.
>quit college
>got a work
>got a gf
>benched 100kg
For the next half of the year I plan on leaving my parent's house and finding a better job
>got a good job
>lost weight, got some gains in too
>started accepting myself
>started finding inner peace after a decade of sorrows
>made some new friends
>cut out shit like sodas and junk food
>dramatically reduced the time on the internet and video games/tv
>became more comfortable in social situations
Still working on other things but so far I’m very happy with the changes I’ve made this year.
I hit my last years 1rm for 10 reps at a lower body weight.
Besides that not much
>got job which I hate but can tolerate for now, saved up like close to 20k spread out in my bank and across crypto
>gotten bigger, stronger and leaner somehow as I had noob gains left in some underdeveloped muscle groups which I started hitting harder
>made it most of the way through my bachelor’s, applied to grad school
>still inkwell, no gf, no social existence, and spent close to 1k on femdom porn
Gonna get stoned and edge all day today and coom. Life is a joke
20k in savings is great how'd you manage that and what do you do for work? Looking for ideas on how to level up financially
Its whatever, I had like close to 6k saved up before from my boring retail job, I work in an entry level tech job now which pays the national salary roughly, easy to get into if you get certs or some basic education, I live at home which contributes to my easy saving. I’d trade my meager little life for a happier one
Well it should be pretty easy to improve your situation with those finances sounds like you could use better social activity and more autonomy in your life
Update:
Bros, I took up to 10mg of thc 50 of cbd because I felt it wasn’t kicking in after 2 hours, but it’s all washing up now, I’m ducking friend it took me 2 mins to write this. I know hacking off like ends the high, but holy frick 3cuwars without it and one sudden edible dose are gonna glue to grouch, just like tell me will be okay
It’ll be okay bro. I did the same thing.
My penis did explode though
Honestly guys, the strong head high is sort of helping me reflect. I mean, I feel like maybe all of us are so strong we could take anything and keep moving, but it’d be so much nicer to face it alongside someone who cares. Some sort of social connection, a strong one, maybe not even a girl, but I’ll get to that tooo.
The world is like so atomized that we’re all just kind of floating islands, maybe right next to each other, but separated by a sea so narrow, yet so impenetrable it may as well be the Atlantic. We play side by side, but never really get to know the other person. Not even saying it was better or worse back way back when, but it’s like there’s a strong cynicism in the world that just wasn’t there a short while back.
Maybe our inhibitions are the things that kill our souls. Ones that wouldn’t be there, but are learned anyway. Nah that sounds moronic lamo
Also did your dick explode bc too rough? I feel in that headspace where I’m too stoned to jack off because o keep jumping from one thought to the next, so I think if I just really get into the psychological side of coomig, without touching I it, I’ll be fine
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Went from a job making 150k base ~190k TC to 180k base ~250k TC. Bought a house with my fiancee, like 6% interest rate but such is life. Reached 8 years sober. Hit 475 squat, 315 bench.
cyber security/ IT/ consulting or something?
Yes Application Security. Good field to get into.
I got laid off last november due to "redundancies" aka the startup postponing its series C because VC money dried out.
Since then:
>Got another high paying job at a bigger and more stable company, WFH.
>Lost 10kg, achieving a 62.5% of my cutting goal
>Got the best body I've ever had in my entire life
>Finished another chunk of my master's.
I would say I'm pretty proud of my progress so far, but there is still so much to do! WAGMI
I'm going to live by myself shortly (34 virgin), will try to set up some kind of home gym.
had sex with a troony and tested negative for hiv
i count that as a win
That is at the very most a draw
I've determined that a vodka taper isn't a thing. It's a nice idea, but it's just not realistic.
Cheap vodka is more similar than it is different.
Except for Four Freedoms and Burnett's. Those two are pure distilled suffering.
I can get Fleishmann's for $8 a handle.
It dries me out, but the hangover is clean.
Makes me feel just real tired instead of dead or craving death. I mean, more than usual.
There's a difference, and it's only $8 a big plastic jug.
>achieved permanent "I don't care lol" mindset
>got a WFH job after neeting it up for years
>lost 4kg since may
>fixed relationship with parents
>finances looking solid
>know where I'm going in life
I finished my associate's and got a couple promotions at work. Finally broke the 50k/yr mark again for the first time in 3 years. Trying to sort out some health issues though, which could take several years more
Started getting out for the first time, beat my anxiety,joined a lot of clubs, tried working on my health but it takes time..
Other than that nothing, I’m 25 and live in constant fear and regret.
I also saw an escort, so saw boobers for the first time
>what have you guys accomplished in the first half of the year?
I bought a Rolex, now I'm thinking of buying a 911.
I will not spend my money on women.
What you guys do for a job? I need to make high five figures minimum and am trying to reboot my life.
nothing.
But two weeks ago I slowly started bodyweight exercises again
Not much, but that was my plan all along after semi-retiring, I will contribute as little as possible and enjoy myself as much as I can.
> achieved my workout goals for the first half of the year
> started practicing a new sport
> read 3 novels by Фёдop Mихaйлoвич
I got a gf
Since January I have not gambled once and also managed to kick my escort/sex addiction. Started doing some inner work, found God. Got back into my college program and managed to ace my first course. Things are looking up but I miss how easy escorts were. Been slowly dating and getting myself out there I just gotta be patient. Feels good to be in control.
I accomplished absolutely nothing. The only accomplishments I see myself ever having is going another day/month/year without committing suicide. As low of a bar as a person can have. But that's all I'm worth. I'm completely worthless, hopeless, and defeated.
>no fap still going strong since jan 1st
>restarted workout at local gym park
>already feel stronger and can feel/see the progression
it's more than nothing i guess
>flirted with a girl last week whole volunteering
>going back in 2 weeks and we will see each other again
>was 250 when I left last Saturday
>weighed in at 234 today
She's 19, turns 20 this year and I'm 26 and I turn 27 the week we see each other again. The age gap is kinda throwing me off but our personalities and humor and very close and she constantly flirted back with me. When I told my mom she said the age gap was odd and I agreed but also we are both adults so do whatever.
>27 year old guy
>personality and humor very close to a 19 year old girl
LMFAO
I was born in 1996 which is the last year for millennial. Its not a surprise that my humor overlaps with hers.
im not looking at it based off of birth years or your "era" of birth. im looking at it simply from a perspective of ages. if youre in your mid to late 20s and have a similar personality and humor to a teenage girl ,especially if youre a guy still posting on IST, something is wrong
How do your personalities and senses of humor match up?
That age gap is nothing.
Where is this gay shit coming from, honestly?
Doesn't matter she's talking to someone maybe in 2 weeks the situation will be different
I got married and picked up a job that doubled my salary. I also did a 385 low incline bench today.
Congrats anon
I think well, I've quit porn for the most part, I've quit smoking like last year, I'm close to finishing high school after many mistakes and not finishing it on time, I think for the first time I've had a clear perspective of my life and well, in the end I think I will leave many things behind on my birthday if I don't kill myself
What kind of idiot can consider living with a woman a progress in his life?
I got kicked out of my job. Pretty rad, not gonna lie.
I finished one of my last remaining university semesters. I don't have my grades yet but I shouldn't find any surprises in them.
Also I (barely) hit my bulk goal, which is nice cause I have a tendency to half ass bulking and it's a disaster.
Gf still loved me, relationship with the family is tight, still poor but finances are better than they were in december, when I paid all my debts and had my back account at an absolute 0.
My social life is dull and I need to find a job or some sort of income. I have neglected those two things. The lack of money is particularly concerning. So it's not all perfect, but more or less within expectation. I have worked hard, but slacked some.
lost 15 kilo, kinda plateau right now but gonna give it a go for another 10 before new years, wagmi brehs
>broke up with gf of 4 years
>surfed in costa rica
>186 to 173 lbs
>lifts going up
>moving to better city to meet more girls
>made friends with a lesbian
>getting good at introducing myself and getting people's names
otherwise not much. mostly just computer and weed. i think my voice has grown deeper which i like.
Where in Costa Rica?
started talking to my family again after a multiple years long depression episode where i fell off the face of the earth. before the year is out i hope to be out of debt too.
>got a new job
>Got a raise
>Got a promotion
>Managed to get invited for training to the US for a week for my new job
>Got a frickton of new friends
>Swimming 3x week + doing some calisthenics 1-2x week
>Cut out my old piece of shit friends
>Get constantly invited to events, I'm now having a semblance of a social life
>Relationship with my mother and family is now healing, much better than years prior
>Went from a 3/10 to a 4/10, getting closer to ottermode
>Starting to get one bumble match every week, hoping to go back on dates soon.
>New boss already is showering me with praise
I think I've been able to accomplish a bit of stuff.. who knows maybe I'll be a complete normalgay by 2025. WAGMI
I posted a coinslot and managed to drag it to archives without getting banned
>Moved out of new york
>Hit 225 on bench
>Hit 135 on shoulder press
>Started running more seriously
>Transferred my EMT license to my new state
>Interviewing with the fire department next month
And yet I still feel like im NGMI. I'm so nervous bros, I want to be a firefighter so bad.
good stuff bro, it's probably imposter syndrome that ur feeling. I'm trying to move out of NY too but I'm in school so i gotta wait till I graduate
>fire department
Enjoy losing your gains and never working out again. Its hell on earth.
>got a job
>moved out of my parents' house
>started paying attention to my health
Ain't much, but I'm heading in the right direction. Thank you, IST. As much as I hate this reddit-infested dingleberry of a website, it's the only place I've ever been able to get useful fitness and self-help advice from.
>catch feelings for a girl for the first time in a while
>she likes me too
>no real way forward because she's Muslim and I'm not
>try just being friends but it wasn't working out so we went our separate ways
>third time I've been in this kind of situation
It's all so tiresome
> paused my PhD cause deep depression
> Went back working on my PhD cause had to
> even went back to the lab
> still gymming
> feel better finally
> ffw 1 week
> I can feel the depression coming back
Take shrooms
done, no big changes (but I'm already on snri)
I'm already seeing a private psychologist for years
If you're in school still you can probably see a counselor for free. Take care of yourself man, ask for help. You don't have to feel this way.
Got a tech job. Ran a marathon. Excited to start exploring my options with women when I get my own place in a couple months. Or I may say frick it and just get a dog.
What tech job? Congrats anon
I got married
Was humbled and grew closer to God
Quit vidya
Learning Japanese for 6 months
Lost 30 pounds
Getting my masters degree
are you a weeaboo
yeah, I guess
mfers when they watch too much anime
Last year I got 265 bench, 350 squat, and 440 deadlift at 6'2" 204lbs.
I was making progress and herniated a disc in March.
Now I'm at a 250 bench, 315 squat, and 425 deadlit. Current weight 207, on the cut down to 190-195.
Feeling good, honestly. Getting stronger.
>added 1” to forearms, Thx reverse curl-sama
>upper arm noticeably bigger too but haven’t measured
>dropped from 227lbs to 205lbs (hoping to be sub 190 by end of July)
>progress has been smooth even tho I’ve been cutting since march
>I’m doing the same reps in bw exercises (chinups/dips) that I was doing last year at 180lbs so I’m definitely makin gains
>started ridding my life of unnecessary belongings
>donated 4 large trash bags of clothes
>thrown away or sold off 8medium hard plastic storage containers worth of games/collectibles/merch I’ve gotten over the years that I didn’t use or display and just kept for “someday”
>feeling lighter physically and mentally
I’ve had a lot of negative shit happen this year involving other people that’s really weighed me down but everything I do for me just keeps lifting me up. Wagmi boys.
Watching more anime and raised my savings up 3x.
Also my mustache is now becoming blond, wtf is that about.
>get depressed, lose all motivation
>fail what was supposed to be my final semester
>lie to parents about how bad it was
>got fatter
>got a herniated disk deadlifting for the first time
>isolated so much that I somehow talk even lower and less articulately than before
>i've noticed my hair is starting to thin
I'm not gonna make it bros. Go on without me
This can be fixed
You are never a lost cause
You are always worth fixing
Start small, progressive overload works for everything
You've made a to do list already
Start at the top, one thing at a time
We can't all make it if you don't come along with us
Acquired gf, Acquired job, Acquired Degree
All in all prertty good
I can tell you what I will do for the rest of the year,
leaving this godforsaken site.
IST is f tier now,
goodbye.
why does the quality of IST determine whether you post on it tho
>got dumped last year sept
>earning less than 30k/ year
Now
>most consistent ive ever been in gym in my life
>gained 14kg, moved from skinny fat to fat, but i actually look better now for some reason
>compliments and mires from people starting to trickle in
>changed jobs and now my salary is 80k/year
>dating more now, tho being honest i feel that the girls i date are quite average (6-7/10)
>less depressed, but still occurs from time to time when i compare to others
Literally cried when i saw my first pump after my first workout session
It wasnt much, looked like shit but i took a pic as it showed me that i could be better, even if it was temporary
Thanks fit, mire and fph threads really kept me going, heres to the next 6 months
Pic related
>7/10
>average
kys
I beat quickie world 1 and 2
>got a new job
>finally have some savings
>first baby due in 2 months
>in my own lane, moisturized, flourishing
>close to breaking out of dyel mode
Aw yeah, it's all coming together
My first time spotting a houellebecq doomerjak
Got my deadlift from 300 to 400
Finished my master
Bought a bigger condo
Got humiliated by a girl
Should be getting a raise soon
>roadtripped a lot
>continuing to recover from horrible health problems
>playing soccer again at a somewhat competitive level for the first time in years, having a lot of fun
>went to machu picchu
>finished community college
Still struggling a lot tho
90+ commits on github. Learning how to code has been fun productive and rewarding
To add, I was the best man at my friends wedding. I stopped smoking pot, stopped hanging with loser friends who slow me down. Stopped caring about politics as the day to day does not change my life whatsoever, got rid of all social media except instagram which I find boring and browse for a total of 30 mins throughout the day. Limiting IST use too. Did a high volume program that got me great results. I maintained my weight but a couple of gym bros who haven’t seen me since I started this program said that I lost weight. Here’s the second half being even better. WAGMI
Got fired then got a new job
4.0.GPA in a STEM field
Got a seasonal job in said field for the summer
Got my qt tomboy wife heavily interested in my fetishes
Ran up a mountain today for shits and giggles, ~15 miles and 3200 feet of elevation.
Job is kinda killing my gains
Lots of good stuff in here guys. I'm really proud of you; we're all gonna make it.
Lost another 20kg.
I've got about five or so more to go and I'll be in a good spot.
I gained back the same 15 lbs I'd lost in 2022, developed bulimia, and lost all my online friends (I don't even have any irl)- so yeah my year has been fricking great so far, wonder if I can make it through the other half without taking a bath with my toaster ;-;
Got a new job, left that job, went back to school, hoping to graduate and get a new job.
Got a new job in government, fitness wise could've done better with diet but been consistent with everything else. Other than that pretty much the same
I installed tinder but I don't know how to talk to my matches. I match with them and use a pickup line, they react positively and I don't know how to continue. What do IST
> Wanna go for a coffee next friday
literally that ez
if she says I can't twice in a row then you skip her
Do you actually do this? I will try
nope. I've already got a long term gf and I've been out of the game for 13 years. But that's what I would do tbh, and what I see my friends do
just give it a try, just think you don't have nothing to lose
Only tweak I would make it set the date sooner I've had a few instances of dates set easily but 5 days later they've lost that spark since they've been swiping everyday since then then you either get ghosted or they make a bs excuse to cancel the date
What do I with the matches that I've been leaving on read for over a week? I slide with the pick up line, they respond and I've not responded since to them. Is there any way to mend that
you can just say you're sorry about replying late but damn you were busy. It could even be a subject for discussion ("I had this thing at work.." etc), but then get to the point and ask her out
Anyone I've left on read more than 3 days has a very low response rate most of these chicks are expecting to be hit up within minutes of the match being a girl on tinder isn't like being a guy she's got 5 matches in the 30 minutes it took you to respond
Lost 25 pounds and started a new career
Got a 40% raise
Kicked my sugar/eating addiction
Cleared Camellia - Spin Eternally on Expert difficulty
quit my job with nothing lined up. Shitty situation (someone died) I work in a warehouse, kind of fricked me up.
Don't care anymore, might be homeless by end of year.
Just finished EMT school and lost 8 kilos. I've got multiple jobs lined up with conditional offers that I pass the national exam.
Feeling pretty good about this year
fellow emt
good luck bro, don't let the job make you racist/cruel. You'll see some fricked up shit but remain empathetic and compassionate
thanks for the advice anon
>no part time job no money
>cheated on the final exams so got reprimand from uni
>failed 3 classes out of 6
>mfw next year is my B.A. year
>BMI in the overweight caregory
>dyel
>stagnating in life
>panic memeorder still not cured (although it is better)
Bros, go on, I'm ngmi.
Had to come back to the country I tried escaping late last year as I didn't really plan how to live there properly. Buried grandad. Building an old van to travel Europe and try again. Finished my shit degree and got recognition to be an EMT a good country in Europe, but now need to figure out how to get a job and live there.
Have miraculously maintained a good physique despite almost stopping training entirely bar the odd workout. Feel aimless and in quiet desperation for the past few years
I've lost 20lbs. 40 to go. WAGMI
nothing, just like last year, the year before it and the year before that
never gonna make it
Won a boxing match, hoping to win another later this year if all goes well. Should try focus on other goals too but I cant think of any