Mid-May Motivational Movement (30 day challenge)

[pickles]

Minor setback. It's difficult not having that morning cig with coffee before work

That morning cig


I ain worriedit shall be conquered

Have you tried the nicotine patches or nah?

 

[sanityovar8ted]

Im in. Yall made me feel some type of way about my usage of the n word. I asked my husband was he bothered by it and he said it doesnt bother him, but I still want to make a conscious effort to stop using it so much. So for 30 days imma try not to call anybody the n word even as a term of endearment.

 

[newworldafro]

Ok. I'm down...this is a critical season right now

I need to apply for at least 30 jobs in the next month. I need to be "gettin that work" by the Fall plehboi

I need to be working on this major paper for school, lot of research to do for this. I need at least 100 sources looked up and noted

I need to work out like a motherfocker, I'm happy with benching 225, and it won't take me long to get back to that. And reduce this gut. So that's in there

I llove them guls. I need to be more conservative. So I'm going to whiddle down to 2 chicks mayne for the summer and throw Tinder in the bushes .......

 

[PhonZhi]

Im in. Yall made me feel some type of way about my usage of the n word. I asked my husband was he bothered by it and he said it doesnt bother him, but I still want to make a conscious effort to stop using it so much. So for 30 days imma try not to call anybody the n word even as a term of endearment.

I wish the whole Coli would make an effort to stop using the word "nikka" here. When u really step back and think about it it's really a shame and embarrassing that we refer to ourselves with that word. But anyways I gotta cut back on my soda intake.

 

[Deadpool1986]

Great thread OP, as for me. I've been going to the gym six days a week now, lost six pounds so far. I've cut out all fast foods, fried foods, white foods(white bread, sugar, rice) and I've been working a lot of overtime lately, and saving up all my money. Life is going well for me at the moment!!!

 

[Dreamzeedream]

Great thread OP, as for me. I've been going to the gym six days a week now, lost six pounds so far. I've cut out all fast foods, fried foods, white foods(white bread, sugar, rice) and I've been working a lot of overtime lately, and saving up all my money. Life is going well for me at the moment!!!

 

[hotbeezie]

Im tryna work on my road rage

Got back in the gym today

Talked it out with Sallie Mae

Im tryna be a better man.

Down for this.

 

[True Blue Moon]

Good thread.

I freelance write for a living while working toward my dreams. Want to stack my money and eradicate debt, while business takes off.

Wanna also keep my workout routine tight, keep my nutrition on point and even fukk my wife more and introduce new tricks and freaky goodness.

Basically, trying to become a better man in all avenues, live life to the fullest and build my kingdom.

I'm down with focusing on that for a month and lifting each other up. Steel sharpens steel.

 

[Marco Zen]

Have you tried the nicotine patches or nah?

I've tried it before. That and chantix. Patches work a lil and chantix forces your body to hate the thought of a cig but I have that oral fixation where as I want to puff something. That's why I got the e-cig. Now if I can just buckle down and commit to it ill be good. My problem is getting through the dreaded DAY 1. I know once I cross that hurdle it'll get a lot easier.

Im in. Yall made me feel some type of way about my usage of the n word. I asked my husband was he bothered by it and he said it doesnt bother him, but I still want to make a conscious effort to stop using it so much. So for 30 days imma try not to call anybody the n word even as a term of endearment.

This is HUGE for me too. I call everything and everybody nikka. Friends family the dog, even insects. If I kill a spider I say "I just murked that nikka!" My problem is I think I'm cute saying that shyt. Total disregard for all the blood sweat and tears fought to overcome that horrible label on black folks and today we find it CUTE and funny and cool. Its DISRESPECTFUL. (Period) it's not like the F word that's disrespectful to everyone, no , "nikka" only disrespects one race and that's us. The sad part is we're the ones doing it.

The only people I can think of I don't refer to as "that nikka" or "them nikkaz" is my parents and grandparents. I respect them to much. I don't even accidentally do it. The shyt just won't come outta my mouth.

I can say that I've made a conscious effort to ease up on saying it in the presence of the offspring. We don't realize it but we're teaching them that it's acceptable knowing dam well it ain't. A few years back I got called to the school because my kid told a lil white girl "move out da way nikka!" He didn't get in trouble for the "move out da way" part. His response to the principal was "what's the problem, my daddy say it all the time"

 

[HabitualLineSteppa]

I need to unscramble my brain and get focused on gettin this guap for real! All the articles and books I read and social media postings I see daily are bittersweet. I feel like the odds are stack against us so much to the point that I will internalize anything that feeds this fact (Economic hit men, disenfranchisement, hell even working to get promotions at work).

I just had my first kid two months ago and he's the reason I smile now so I absolutely have something to go hard for...

I'm just jaded overall and need to reprogram so I can go hard one time for the one time. Some clarity would take me sooooo far...

Any suggestions brehs???

 

[Deadpool1986]

I've tried it before. That and chantix. Patches work a lil and chantix forces your body to hate the thought of a cig but I have that oral fixation where as I want to puff something. That's why I got the e-cig. Now if I can just buckle down and commit to it ill be good. My problem is getting through the dreaded DAY 1. I know once I cross that hurdle it'll get a lot easier.



This is HUGE for me too. I call everything and everybody nikka. Friends family the dog, even insects. If I kill a spider I say "I just murked that nikka!" My problem is I think I'm cute saying that shyt. Total disregard for all the blood sweat and tears fought to overcome that horrible label on black folks and today we find it CUTE and funny and cool. Its DISRESPECTFUL. (Period) it's not like the F word that's disrespectful to everyone, no , "nikka" only disrespects one race and that's us. The sad part is we're the ones doing it.

The only people I can think of I don't refer to as "that nikka" or "them nikkaz" is my parents and grandparents. I respect them to much. I don't even accidentally do it. The shyt just won't come outta my mouth.

I can say that I've made a conscious effort to ease up on saying it in the presence of the offspring. We don't realize it but we're teaching them that it's acceptable knowing dam well it ain't. A few years back I got called to the school because my kid told a lil white girl "move out da way nikka!" He didn't get in trouble for the "move out da way" part. His response to the principal was "what's the problem, my daddy say it all the time"

Kids, you gotta love 'em!!!

 

[kingstl]

I need to stop drinking....30 days will hard tho....Im a functional alcoholic, got WAYYYY to drunk Sunday. I need to work out too but Im going to concentrate on no drinking, i just gotta make sure I stay busy

Day 1 of 30.....here goes nothing

 

[Marco Zen]

I need to unscramble my brain and get focused on gettin this guap for real! All the articles and books I read and social media postings I see daily are bittersweet. I feel like the odds are stack against us so much to the point that I will internalize anything that feeds this fact (Economic hit men, disenfranchisement, hell even working to get promotions at work).

I just had my first kid two months ago and he's the reason I smile now so I absolutely have something to go hard for...

I'm just jaded overall and need to reprogram so I can go hard one time for the one time. Some clarity would take me sooooo far...

Any suggestions brehs???

Im no financial advisor but I'm in the same boat as far as I need to as they say "get my money right". My plan is to go by a new program of living/ thinking. I know what my goals are in reference to money and I have a good idea how to achieve em. I'm aware of the mistakes I been making and I read of repeating them capitalize on em. Avoid the bulshyt and negativity and stick to the script. And not get I early frustrated about the fact that its not happening soon enough...baby steps....it'll happen

I need to stop drinking....30 days will hard tho....Im a functional alcoholic, got WAYYYY to drunk Sunday. I need to work out too but Im going to concentrate on no drinking, i just gotta make sure I stay busy

Day 1 of 30.....here goes nothing

All I can say is concentrating on it, thinking about it, will power, trying to stay busy all wound up failing huge for me. I don't know your situation, but if you're the definition of an alcoholic and you're definitely sure you wanna stop (some mfers really don't wanna stop they just say that because it sounds good) it all comes down to how bad do you want to. All that other shyt failed huge for me. The "ill just cut down/ ill exercise more/ ill switch drinks/ etc" FAIL. I finally had to do the "go get help" thing bcuz tryin to quit on my own wasn't workin, not to mention the drinking only gets worse if you're a true alcoholic...never gets better. But once you quit and stick to what got you there it's crazy how you'll realize life is just as fun and sometimes more without it.

It's not like quitting cigs. Cigs don't get you fukked up.

It's good you at least making an effort. Coming in the thread admitting it. And you're aware that its causing you to do shyt you regret later "got waayyy too drunk Sunday"

 

[kingstl]

All I can say is concentrating on it, thinking about it, will power, trying to stay busy all wound up failing huge for me. I don't know your situation, but if you're the definition of an alcoholic and you're definitely sure you wanna stop (some mfers really don't wanna stop they just say that because it sounds good) it all comes down to how bad do you want to. All that other shyt failed huge for me. The "ill just cut down/ ill exercise more/ ill switch drinks/ etc" FAIL. I finally had to do the "go get help" thing bcuz tryin to quit on my own wasn't workin, not to mention the drinking only gets worse if you're a true alcoholic...never gets better. But once you quit and stick to what got you there it's crazy how you'll realize life is just as fun and sometimes more without it.

It's not like quitting cigs. Cigs don't get you fukked up.

It's good you at least making an effort. Coming in the thread admitting it. And you're aware that its causing you to do shyt you regret later "got waayyy too drunk Sunday"

my wife said I need to go get help too. I went to AA but I wasnt feeling it because all them cats was doing was reminiscing on drinking...telling fun sounding stories..when I left that meeting, I went str8 to liquor store....smh

 

[CakeEater]

imma see how many hours i can go without fapping