Exercising didn't help me. It was mostly attributed to my own personal issues and my failure to do something about it

I think I’ll feel better if I lose 20 pounds and find a girlfriend. I think that’s stressing me out more than anything.

That would help. Stagnancy can be a major contributor to anxiety.

I agree. Practically all of my friends are married and have kids. I come from a big family too (5 younger siblings). I think I’m lonely and I feel like I don’t have as much purpose. Maybe I should dedicate myself to finding a wife or making myself more desirable than I already am.

I need to do the same.

I would say focusing on self improvement is never really a wasted venture

Yeah. I’m going to allow myself to get in rut, even though I’ll subconsciously hate myself for being lame. My goal for the next three years is to find a good woman, marry her, and then impregnate her.

In that order.

I've finally figured out how to beat my hatred of schedules

Gasp. How.

I made my phone annoying as hell

Alarms. Alarms everywhere

An alarm for waking up, an alarm for working out, an alarm for a midday stretch, an alarm for learning, an alarm for bed

So many alarms

Why allow yourself to get in a rut? You'll feel better if you're working at something while you grind wifefinding

It's good to have *something* go right

Complacency is comforting. That's why. It's like when you climb a plateau. You get up one of the regions and you just become satisfied you just made it up that

@Beemann complacency sneaks up on you. Then it sucks you down to apathy.

That only supports what I've said

Pick something you've wanted to do for a while and just go for it tbh

A lot of anxiety and sadness comes from expectation. If your mind is set that life has to be a certain way, you're only going to be down when it doesn't work out that way

It'll also make you a more interesting person to talk to

Trying out new and different things

Ughhhhhh socializing is soooooo haaaaaaard

Got restless a few years back, switched career goals. Got restless a few months back, picked up new hobbies

Now people ask what I'm going, I've got plans, I've got things going on

Things are less of a "maybe someday" and more of a "probably at this point, given my budget"

Also hobbies will help you in ways you probably didn't consider beforehand

2 of mine are fixing my posture

stand up straight with your shoulders back

It's overall good structure

Yeah, I'm a cubicle dweller so not much allowance for that

That's where other activities come in

I am also a cubicle dweller

I'll need to find something that at least catches my interest

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There's a lot of stuff out there now

I’m actually feeling a little pumped now, which is unusual because I’m not easily motivated.

Something that isn't another freaking marathon. It ASTOUNDS me how many freaking running activities there are in Florida

Good. Keep that shit going my dude

Utilize that energy

I got into HEMA, which is like the opposite of marathon running