Malignant self improvement

[New Poster]

I showed my gf a gerbert johnson video last night. I wanted to get a woman's reaction. I showed her his latest video on his mourning routine, and she was shocked. She basically said something to the effect of "I would kill myself if I had to do all this every morning." And it crystallized something in my head that I've always felt about self improvement. At some point, it becomes malignant, like a tumor. It sucks all your energy away from the things that actually matter into weird concerns about how cold your showers are or how meditation you do.

I really want to make a video describing the process of how someone goes from "I want to talk to girls" to journaling, reading stoic philosophy, waking up at 5am and all the other bullshit that doesn't matter. Like I'm all for becoming a better version of yourself, but at some point it just becomes this weird detour. At no point in gerbert's morning does he actually hit on girls. It's just endless kicking that can down the road so he can get 1% less bf or something. It's wild.

 

[khvirgin]

women dont like to see men do too much, what did you expect?

 

[New Poster]

women dont like to see men do too much, what did you expect?

Sure, but I actually kinda agree with her. His morning routine seems like something out of a dystopian novel.

 

[khvirgin]

Sure, but I actually kinda agree with her. His morning routine seems like something out of a dystopian novel.

You never know how much is real and how much it's just trolling

 

[New Poster]

You never know how much is real and how much it's just trolling

Yeah, his content is designed to shield himself from criticism. The first 90 seconds of the video is satire, but it's pretty clear he's genuine about his morning routine after that.

 

[Deleted member 16453]

At some point moderation has to kick in, anything and I mean anything in excess that is good will be bad. That being said, you should start posting more wisdom like this like u always do that would be applicable to guys my age late teens/early twenties. It always helps man, and ik you don’t know me, but I’m a fan of ur content,
Thanks for contributing and sticking around

 

[New Poster]

At some point moderation has to kick in, anything and I mean anything in excess that is good will be bad. That being said, you should start posting more wisdom like this like u always do that would be applicable to guys my age late teens/early twenties. It always helps man, and ik you don’t know me, but I’m a fan of ur content,
Thanks for contributing and sticking around

Have you posted pics before? Any advice is going to vary based on looks level.

 

[Deleted member 16453]

Have you posted pics before? Any advice is going to vary based on looks level.

yes sure I’ll dm you

 

[MorningNorwood]

It's just endless kicking that can down the road so he can get 1% less bf or something.

That sounds pretty lame. I'm glad no one on here does that sort of thing haha..

 

[fukmylyf]

I just don't understand how guys get to the point where their entire life revolves around the gym.

 

[NuclearBrainReturns]