The Official Mamba Mentality self improvement/betterment thread

[2Quik4UHoes]

It might sound crazy...but now in some of my decision making lately Ive actually ask myself mentally what would Kobe do or tell you to do especially if I feel like I'm gonna give up on something....I keep pressing myself to go forward and that shyt work brehs..I'm getting emotional just typing this shyt.

Me too, I been grading myself on my energy and output almost every day since he passed. Never realized how bad I was with my time. So many things that I put off in exchange for comforts. Checking myself more has been a revelation. I get in my feelings thinking about it too cuz it’s like I looked up to Kobe because of how he approached life so to even see the tiniest improvements doing it in a short span of time is deep. We should really learn from him, we can’t keep lettin ourselves down.

facts man i was just telling one of my peoples this last week, i call it "being your own secretary" and it really does work so i strongly encourage it

Seriously. It’s so easy to go with the flow but your whole shyt is libel to be a mess because of it. Just being able to check off different tasks is great visual reinforcement.

 

[darius19]

get 5 full sleep cycles (1.5 hours each), so 7.5 hours of sleep a night

 

[2CT]

Me too, I been grading myself on my energy and output almost every day since he passed. Never realized how bad I was with my time. So many things that I put off in exchange for comforts. Checking myself more has been a revelation. I get in my feelings thinking about it too cuz it’s like I looked up to Kobe because of how he approached life so to even see the tiniest improvements doing it in a short span of time is deep. We should really learn from him, we can’t keep lettin ourselves down.

Seriously. It’s so easy to go with the flow but your whole shyt is libel to be a mess because of it. Just being able to check off different tasks is great visual reinforcement.

it's a great budgeting tool as well you can ask any financial advisor or person who deals with credit improvement and they'll tell you that writing down your expenses is important

back in 2018 i started making a list of each of my bills, how much they were and the due dates every month and my savings increased significantly cause it was so much easier to manage with the visual like you said

also the positive reinforcement of being able to check off things on the list one by one is great for the psyche

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

So I guess I’ll drop the first progress report for today. Obviously, the memorial has thrown me off some. Didn’t do any of my regular routines so far however I did make a budget for the week and have begun noting various expenses. Actually does some good to see what’s going out. Also did some grocery shopping, bought only plant based foods.

Decided I’ll let tonight be my last night for tree until mid April when my exam period has ended. I was gonna start today but again I felt the need to at least give myself some slight comfort given today’s shyt. I definitely am going to do some Duolingo work before I sleep tho. If I’m up for it I’ll do some piano too.

Btw I’m currently practicing Spanish primarily since I might be going to Colombia later this summer. I also watch Narcos for immersion purposes lol.

 

[Yessir_Araphat]

In!! Reserving my spot. Will be back later with my game plan

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Feeling under the weather so I got to work from home today.

Just did 30 mins of Duolingo Spanish, I’m on my second Narcos episode and then I’ll close up to do some piano and drawing and follow up with some Audible. Got about 2 1/2 hours left on this book.

Edit: Just did about 30 mins of piano practice. Just worked on different scales and hand placement.

 

[THE MACHINE]

I wrote about 65 children's books a year ago, printed them out and have them sitting in a binder. I stopped when I thought about hiring illustrators and the cost. Been looking at yt videos on simple drawings. Time to learn how to draw so i can get this done, time to put the pressure on myself to execute.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

I wrote about 65 children's books a year ago, printed them out and have them sitting in a binder. I stopped when I thought about hiring illustrators and the cost. Been looking at yt videos on simple drawings. Time to learn how to draw so i can get this done, time to put the pressure on myself to execute.

Breh what the fukk?!

I’m basically in the book industry fool. I might could plug you in if you really need an affordable illustrator. I mean no promises or nothing but I bet I could find someone. I know hella Indy authors out here especially kids authors since it’s easier to get into.

I feel you tho, it’d be even more rewarding if you taught yourself and did the illustrations yourself. Just don’t let that be a reason why you don’t got them books out there. It’s a huge demand for Black children’s books by Black authors.

 

[McPiff]

 

[THE MACHINE]

Breh what the fukk?!

I’m basically in the book industry fool. I might could plug you in if you really need an affordable illustrator. I mean no promises or nothing but I bet I could find someone. I know hella Indy authors out here especially kids authors since it’s easier to get into.

I feel you tho, it’d be even more rewarding if you taught yourself and did the illustrations yourself. Just don’t let that be a reason why you don’t got them books out there. It’s a huge demand for Black children’s books by Black authors.

Yeah man, I was looking through the binder the other day like "Why am I letting this time slide by???" I still read some of them to my daughters at night but man, I gotta get going again. I still need to write about 50 more,my goal was 100 and that would give me enough cushion in case I wanted to scrap a few. Thanks though, I might be hitting you up soon. They have a great self publishing thing on Amazon

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Yeah man, I was looking through the binder the other day like "Why am I letting this time slide by???" I still read some of them to my daughters at night but man, I gotta get going again. I still need to write about 50 more,my goal was 100 and that would give me enough cushion in case I wanted to scrap a few. Thanks though, I might be hitting you up soon. They have a great self publishing thing on Amazon

Yeah you talkin bout CreateSpace. There are different self publishing options that makes things a bit easier but the one thing I’d say is that for a store it can be a slight hassle to order from them a most authors I deal with that use CreateSpace or Lulu have to order the copies for me and then I order directly from them.

But breh definitely reach out to me whenever you ready. If nothing else, I could plug you in with the other indy children’s authors in the area so they can share some of their resources. I’m beginning to develop a book donation drive for local barbershops/beauty salons so I hope your books get done so I can get them in the mix.

One last thing I was gon suggest, you can make one of the books a father/daughter project. I’ve seen little 3 year olds get published all cuz their parents took it from a mere project into a full blown kids book. You could most likely do the same. Get it in breh.

 

[CaughtInTWebb]

This is dope.

I’ll add to it soon.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

I’m with this 1000%

even before the accident I knew i wanted to step into this year going beastmode and ONLY doing the shyt I want to do. No conditions or reservations. That means traveling more, getting more, ass, running much more and staying in the gym. And of course, getting more.

Even tho my work situation is solid I spend the last week of December re-doing my portfolio and was done on New Year’s Day. I didn’t even go out the night before. on my 6 cents/6 series/6 hoes/6 feet/6 figures shyt because I’ll be damned if I’m not eating out here.

When we lost Bean, that switch that already was flipped in myself in early January is now in a permanent fixed position. Can’t be out here fukking around.

shyt might sound corny to “some people” and some soapbox shyt but I don’t care. Unless someone is an expert in their field, I don’t wanna hear it. I’ll listen to Kobe talk about Mamba Mentality because dude is a GOAT. We all feel the loss right now and knowing how he moved, dude wouldn’t want us being sad forever.

so I’m going to do my best to just push it. There will be some trash days and unexpected shyt but the mission will not be compromised.

And real talk mods, Mamba Mentality needs to be its on section on the Coli. @Brooklynzson i’m making an appeal for all the brehs in here who are pushing past the threshold.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

I’m with this 1000%

even before the accident I knew i wanted to step into this year going beastmode and ONLY doing the shyt I want to do. No conditions or reservations. That means traveling more, getting more, ass, running much more and staying in the gym. And of course, getting more.

Even tho my work situation is solid I spend the last week of December re-doing my portfolio and was done on New Year’s Day. I didn’t even go out the night before. on my 6 cents/6 series/6 hoes/6 feet/6 figures shyt because I’ll be damned if I’m not eating out here.

When we lost Bean, that switch that already was flipped in myself in early January is now in a permanent fixed position. Can’t be out here fukking around.

shyt might sound corny to “some people” and some soapbox shyt but I don’t care. Unless someone is an expert in their field, I don’t wanna hear it. I’ll listen to Kobe talk about Mamba Mentality because dude is a GOAT. We all feel the loss right now and knowing how he moved, dude wouldn’t want us being sad forever.

so I’m going to do my best to just push it. There will be some trash days and unexpected shyt but the mission will not be compromised.

And real talk mods, Mamba Mentality needs to be its on section on the Coli. @Brooklynzson i’m making an appeal for all the brehs in here who are pushing past the threshold.

powerful posting and @ a Mamba mentality section....that’s a very intriguing idea.

 

[2CT]

And real talk mods, Mamba Mentality needs to be its on section on the Coli. @Brooklynzson i’m making an appeal for all the brehs in here who are pushing past the threshold.

powerful posting and @ a Mamba mentality section....that’s a very intriguing idea.

would be great to have a section for brehs to encourage each other to do better without the negativity and stupid shyt that floods TLR

and as the POTY in another section best believe i ain't cappin when i say i'll definitely be active in that mofo and making that shyt pop

@Brooklynzson what you think my g?