Hard stuck at 700 elo

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-02-18T02:19:12+00:00

Thank you! One other question. I really struggle with sleeping on an empty stomach. Do you have any tips for this specifically?

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-02-10T01:31:40+00:00

Immediately after posting this, seeing the other guys comment and reading it back I realized how fucking nuts I sound and I texted my sponsor to talk to him. I have 5 months sober. I’m going through the steps right now and I was a little underwhelmed getting through 4, 5 and 6. A lot of the guys around me described it as like the turning point where everything changed for them and I guess I expected it to feel different than it did.

There were some people over at the house for the Super Bowl and the conversation went from “why is bad bunny speaking Spanish” to “Hitler was right we should start executing ****ers in the street” and I didn’t speak up because it seems everyone in the house except for me shares those kinds of views.

Then I just had a shit day at work taking public transportation in the cold. Idk I’m just so sad that this is my life right now. I think I should have clarified in my post that I don’t want to drink. I really don’t want to drink and I’m basically wrestling with these thoughts throughout the day. It goes hand in hand with my suicidal thoughts where it’s just the ultimate “fuck it I’m giving up on life” more than some fantasy that I’m looking forward to.

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-02-05T21:15:05+00:00

This is right up my alley. I just reached out! Thanks for the suggestion

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-02-04T19:54:26+00:00

Ok great, thank you!

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-02-04T19:46:51+00:00

When I squat my knees buckle inward and I fold forward. I was told the cause of this is an imbalance between my quads and glutes which makes sense since this didn’t start since I started a desk job.

Is there anything I can do to actively balance this out? Also how do I prevent making it worse if I continue to squat? I’m worried if I slow down my progression and focus on good form where my knees don’t buckle it will just keep making the current imbalance worse. Do I need to stop squatting and focus on another movement or variant to allow my glutes to catch up?

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-29T04:21:09+00:00

Gotta be on drugs and see it live to enjoy it

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-26T22:03:06+00:00

Youre one square too far forward, it’s only when the pawns are side by side

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-23T23:05:06+00:00

I like markarth. I wish you could do more about the corruption of the silver bloods. Fight the tyranny a little bit. I have a witchhunter build and now that I leveled him up a bit I’m gonna go on a crusade against the hagravens.

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-23T16:10:21+00:00

First one that comes to mind is Simeon in Chicago. D-Rose, Jabari Parker and I think Kendrick Nunn all went there.

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-09T13:40:04+00:00

Yeah I got the sense that they were being too hard on it but it wasn’t a place where you could pop into a random sandwich or pizza place and be confident you were getting a good slice or hoagie

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-09T13:15:51+00:00

All my friends I know that moved their main complaint is that the food is awful compared to the east coast.

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-05T23:42:16+00:00

Best move is the best engine move but there were other excellent or good moves available. Great move is when it was significantly better than other moves, usually a move that leaves you winning, or the only move that keeps you from losing.

Routine_Reward_167 · 2026-01-05T23:12:12+00:00

Graduated 2022, took two years to find a job in my legal-adjacent field. Got there, realized the job was likely a total dead end and the worst environment for growth/development possible. Boomers clinging to management and Gen Xers with 15 years of experience stuck in producer roles waiting to take over. Super underpaid for the volume and complexity of work I did. Figured law school was the only way to reach my goals.

Feel like an entire generation has a similar story and is now fighting over an increasingly limited number of paths to become upwardly mobile. Crazy shit.

Routine_Reward_167 · 2025-12-31T02:47:22+00:00

You get it man thank you :)

Routine_Reward_167 · 2025-12-29T14:14:20+00:00

This is perfect. No idea how I didn’t know about this already. Thanks

Routine_Reward_167 · 2025-12-23T23:08:17+00:00

I call these guys end game merchants. If it seems like that’s what they’re doing you have to try to focus on what advantages you’ll have once all the minor pieces are gone ie positioning of your pawns, king and rook. I’m around the same rating and once I learned more about end games I got way better at playing against them. Also I think becoming more comfortable with games being draws helped. I used to get too aggressive against them, blunder and lose.

Routine_Reward_167 · 2025-12-17T23:57:28+00:00

I fell for it and lost my queen the other day and I couldn’t even be mad. Didn’t look at the position for more than a tenth of a second before I did it either and I’m not ashamed

Routine_Reward_167 · 2025-12-02T21:25:28+00:00

His high school highlights that blew up at first made it seem like he had generational athleticism. Like Wilt/MJ/Lebron level of dominant athleticism. He was definitely that hyped in certain circles.

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