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Pulls such a nice analogy from chucks

But message understood regardless

I tie my shoes once and never touch the string again. Which has nothing to do with any insight.

Point taken. Flesh out what you fucked up with, though, you aren't saying much.

The journey of self-improvement only really begins when you realize it never ends.

I've been approaching TRP and self-improvement not as "I'll do this thing so I reach a result, then I'm done," but rather as, "This is closer to how my life should be lived, and I am building a habit."

A man should exercise regularly; a man should practice fighting; a man should approach every attractive woman he sees if it is at all feasible to talk long enough for a proper opener, and it won't detract from his mission; a man should manage his nutrition carefully; a man should be consistently dressed in flattering clothes; a man should control his emotional state to his advantage, rather than let it control him, etc.

None of these maxims change just because I have followed them for some period of time. I didn't learn to eat or walk temporarily and then revert to breastfeeding or crawling, why would I revert in these other areas?

Been thinking for a while that success in every form is like hanging at the top of a pole. If you stop pulling you'll hang in there very briefly before the sweat on your hands makes you slide.

No matter what, you have to keep pulling yourself up to stay on top, there's no sleeping on it unless you want to hit the floor.

Bruh. Might be time to get some romaleos. They have straps.

On a more serious note. Do it. Do it again so it goes. I think we all learn that as we improve.

On a side note, learn to tie a sharp looking knot. After your initial over hand knot, wrap around the loop opposite the direction you normally would. The knot should lay nice and even now.

One cannot maintain or rebuild in a day what it has taken a lifetime to destroy. Nice post, OP. Simple and true.

I guess at some point you should think about tying the knot in such a way that you can just slip the shoe on and off.

I wear crocs. No ties.

checkmate.

A Kōan for the modern man.

We just do what we should do.

Simple concept but so important. Need to let this sink in. Thanks.

Nutnfancy has a similar advice, where he says "don't ever act like you've arrived". I don't remember which video, but it was one of the "Lessons of my father" series of videos. I think it was Workers Are Few.

This is what chicks do to guys in LTR - you are a constant work-in-progress. She asks you to fix one small thing in you, only to find another thing that needs changing after you succeed.

This is what you need to do to yourself - once you reach a goal, find another, repeat indefinitely.

Thought provoking post, I like it.

Short yet sweet. Good analogy.

A lot of ancient texts have this same idea in them. It goes a little something like, "You are most vulnerable after a victory."

Let's piggy back on the perfect knot. I've tied that once. I thought I was slick by just sliding my foot out of my shoe to keep me from needing to tie it again, but over time the knot wore down and got loose. Worse yet, the back of my shoe kept eroding because of me wanting to preserve the knot. In the end, you need to undo the knot to preserve the shoe more.

You try to "preserve the knot" in your relationship or for whatever facet of your life you're trying to maintain... be prepared for it to break down. There are going to be times where you need to break it down and re-tie it or else you risk having the whole "shoe" fall apart.

Get used to going to the gym. Get used to consistently being aware in social interactions. Get used to the struggle. Embrace it. You are what you overcome, and recognize you'll always need to be overcoming things.

I love my struggle, im working towards total freedom as a man. I think every man should strive for this and enjoy the journey. This is what we'll be doing for most of our lives.

I honestly couldn't be happier.

Came here for the title, stayed for the post.

Keep improving. As soon as you think you've won, you will lose.

Yup. Lost a lot of weight after high school through diet and exercise. Doesn't mean I can stop. If I think I'm in the clear and sink into old habits, I'll balloon up faster than you can say cheese on a pizza.

It's always an impending threat. Mastery of a subject now does not guarantee mastery of a subject later. You have to stay on your toes and keep improving. Stay sharp people.

I have a saying for this: There are no permanent victories.

Because of entropy we live on an escalator headed in the wrong direction and you never get to the point where you can declare victory and move on to a different challenge. On the contrary stopping actually means slipping backwards.

Psychologically this can be hard for people because we want to cross a finish line and then check it off our to-do list but this is the work of a lifetime.

"the moment you think you got it figured you are wrong." -- Gunsmith from Shooter 2007

A lottle off topic, but how do chucks/buddies hold up while squatting?

I eventually undue the knot,

undo* the not

undue is an adverb meaning excessive and unwarranted
undo = unfasten