self-improvement

self- +‎ improvement

self-improvement (countable and uncountable, plural self-improvements)

1. The following of a disciplined programme to improve one's physical health, mental health or character.
2. The bettering of one's status.
   • 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:

     In the year 1851 a small group of workmen in the Locomotive Department of the old Midland Railway Company at Derby met for self-improvement, and formed what was then known as a "reading society".

   • 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Ambition and self-improvement are certainly not negatives, although one potential downside to being more self-conscious—especially for punk bands—is muted urgency.

• self-help

• improvement

• self-improving

• self-improvement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia