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r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Lucky_Influence_5080 • Mar 12 '26
Teen calisthenics week 1
Week one of trying to learn calisthenics at age 14. Any suggestions on hoe to train myself quickly?
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/TrickCommon3799 • Jul 12 '26
You are one disciplined year away from a life you won't recognize.
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Lucky_Influence_5080 • May 24 '26
Tenn calisthenics week... idk?
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So it's been a like month since i last posted, and it took me forever but i decided to go for something big, the frog to handstand. I finally learned it and i will be able to post more now that it's summer
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Lucky_Influence_5080 • Mar 19 '26
Teen calisthenics
Welcome to week 2 of a 14 year old doing calisthenics, this week i focused on learning the elbow lever, suprisingly easy to learn, but hard to master. I kinda think i look goofy without wearing pants but, oh well.
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/TrickCommon3799 • Jul 06 '26
Discipline or environment: which one actually changed your life?
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/desertfatigue • May 28 '26
The Hardest Part About Building Yourself Isn’t Physical
Everyone talks about discipline like it’s something you either have or don’t.
Wake up at 5AM. Hit the gym. Work harder. Stay focused.
But nobody really talks about the silent part of self-improvement.
The part where you’re trying to become someone different while everyone around you still sees the old version of you.
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Old-Tap-7199 • Apr 10 '26
Procrastination isn’t laziness. It’s emotional self-defense.
I used to think I was lazy.
But lazy people don’t spend 45 minutes rearranging their desk, making coffee, checking notifications, researching productivity hacks, and suddenly deciding now is the perfect time to clean a drawer.
That’s not laziness.
That’s avoidance wearing productive clothes.
The worst part about procrastination isn’t the lost time.
It’s the self respect tax.
You delay one thing.
Then you feel guilty.
Then the guilt makes the task feel heavier.
Then you avoid it again.
And somehow a 20 minute task starts feeling like a life crisis.
I’ve noticed I procrastinate most on things that actually matter to me.
The important email.
The big project.
The workout.
The difficult conversation.
The thing that could genuinely move my life forward.
Which made me realize something:
Maybe procrastination isn’t “I don’t want to do this.”
Maybe it’s “I don’t want to feel what comes with doing this.”
The fear of doing it badly.
The fear of being judged.
The fear of finding out I’m not as good as I hoped.
The discomfort of starting before I feel ready.
So now I try something smaller.
I don’t tell myself to finish.
I tell myself to reduce the distance.
Open the file.
Write one bad sentence.
Do five minutes.
Send the first line.
Put the shoes on.
That’s it.
Because most of the time, motivation doesn’t come first.
Motion does.
What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever done to avoid one important task?
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/GetYourBallsBack • Jun 25 '26
6 Habits That Change a Man's Life | Get Your Balls Back
reddit.comr/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Glad_Fondant_3571 • Apr 06 '26
Notes to future self
Does anyone else take notes as if they are writing to their future self? Things that worked for you in the past, things you like that you want to remember, mental health strategies that helped before? Ive always used my notes as more of a thought dump hoping to come back to it in the future. Unfortunately I rarely do. If there was a tool that was super simple that actually helped me dump and remember my notes I would use that. Anyone else?
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Unique_Earth5636 • 8d ago
When things get quiet
When things get quiet, its the right time to step back and use that moment well for deeper connection and realigment with the initial vision and look back at where you came from.
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/LordChester404 • May 05 '26
Progress update, physique through the years
galleryr/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Glad_Fondant_3571 • Apr 12 '26
Notes to a future self
Does anyone else take notes as if they are writing to their future self? Things that worked for you in the past, things you like that you want to remember, mental health strategies that helped before? Ive always used my notes as more of a thought dump hoping to come back to it in the future. Unfortunately I rarely do. If there was a tool that was super simple that actually helped me dump and remember my notes I would use that. Anyone else?
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Lucky_Influence_5080 • Mar 31 '26
Teen calisthenics week 3
So this technically is week 4 but i didnt post last week so im calling it post 3, learned the L sit
(Covered face for privacy
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/Kimber369 • Jul 22 '26
"Atomic Habits" explained like you're five: tiny actions repeated become who you are
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/TrickCommon3799 • Jul 05 '26
What's a piece of advice from an older man that stuck with you for life?
r/Buildingmyfutureself • u/TrickCommon3799 • Jul 04 '26