Hello comrades and welcome to the second improvement megathread of July!
As usual, some discussion ideas:
- Do you want to share something you’ve done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
- Do you have any plans or goals for next week?
- Do you have any streaks? For example, “sober for one day.” Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
- If you don’t have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
- Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?
Poster caption: "(come) To our construction site, friends!
Greetings to the builders of the Yenisey cascade (of dams)!"
Good luck with your goals! 
Feeling not very accomplished lately. Chinese learning is slow due to my main motivation becoming slightly less motivating. By slow I mean I haven’t done any, but also there is construction across the street that’s fucking my attention span so I do have an excuse.
I got an ereader and plan to get back into reading. I read I’m Glad My Mom Died yesterday, and then started reading a book I read twice as a kid that I recently remembered the name of. The first is a good but difficult book, and the verdict on the YA murder mystery book is still out. I’m after recommendations if anyone has any. Not for YA novels. Just books in general.
I feel like total shit physically lately and don’t know why. Doctors appointment booked for the 24th. I probably just need to get off my butt more.
Still sober. Yesterday was difficult though. I think I’m fine and just need to distract myself.
What kind of books are you into? I’m currently reading How Not to Die by Michael Greger and it’s already the most important book I’ve ever read. It explains why the whole-foods plant-based diet is the healthiest diet. It’s an evidence based book, the last 200 pages of the book is a list of studies that the author referenced in the book.
In regards to fiction, here are some of my favourites: