Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of July! 
I regret to inform you that the year is halfway done. But this means that there are 6 more months to make some progress!
Some discussion ideas:
+ How is your 2026 going so far?
+ What are your Ws and Ls?
+ What is your Main Goal for the second half of 2026?
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The people of all nationalities warmly welcome the victorious convening of the Fifth National People’s Congress
各族人民热烈欢庆第五届全国人民代表大会胜利召开
Gezu renmin relie huanqing diwujie quanguo renmin daibiao dahui shengli zhaokai
Therapy was good this week, heavy stuff yet again. We tried some regression exercises and I had to stop because it was too painful, but we’re going to dig into that more next week. Also eating well again and walking.
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Stickied good luck.
I have a bad habit of starting books, reading a few pages or chapters, and never finishing.
Goal: stop doing that
Method: read several books at once, and in smaller chunks (as little as 5 mins, up to 30 mins). My tendency is to complete books as fast as possible, which burns me out during a session and makes me loathe to pick up the book again.
Progress: going well so far. I’ve read more in the past few weeks than I have in a while.
Currently hopping between:
- Marx’s Ecology
- Moby Dick
- A People’s History of the United States
- 18 Theses on Marxism and Animal Liberation
- Philippine Society and Revolution
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Also started watching One Piece in the midst of this
Maybe that gives a sense of how scattered my reading has been in the past…
Do you have a Goodreads account? I think that writing reviews for books and reading other people’s reviews is a good way to make reading more fun and social
There is a Fediverse version of Goodreads called Bookwyrm that I’ve considered using. Maybe I’ll check that out again.
How is your 2026 going so far?
Really good ty. I had to travel for a medical appointment in Jan and that’s kind of unlocked the ability for me to go places and do things again. It’s been a gradual build-up but I’m now going to peer support groups, protests, and marches. I joined a tenants union and some orgs which I won’t mention on main, and I made a new friend. I’m touching lots of grass and starting to feel some hope that we might eventually win.
What are your Ws and Ls?
Definitely biggest L is taking part in an eviction resistance without knowing the full story. If I’d have known that it was the guys ex-wife who was trying to take possession, I think I’d have noped out. I still don’t know the full details so it feels like we’ve potentially revictimised a victim just because the ex-husband is a union member.
Second biggest L is probably trying to get involved in my local Green party. [Nearby city] has some really good councillors and volunteers who appear to be comrades and only using the Green party as a vehicle, but mine is all white cishet home owners who are asleep at the wheel doing litterpicks and performative niceness. Getting them to be better seems way beyond my capabilities.
Otherwise, the whole year has mostly been a really big W.
What is your Main Goal for the second half of 2026?
There are 3 actually:
- Keep doing more
- Ask more questions
- Find some voluntary work (apparently nobody wants free labour from a mentally ill trans person with a 10 year CV gap and no references)
Hello fellow soya enjoyer
Glad to hear your year is a big W, good luck with the second half
Thank you!
