/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.11396387]

please give me the greatest works of life fuel.
im struggling with depression.

[Anonymous No.11396406]

isnt it weird to look at yourself from the side, like i always remind myself of that kid from kids who gave everybody aids so annoying i mean he was sort of cool in the 90s but he looks like an obnoxious little shit im like why do i have to be that guy

[Anonymous No.11396413]

>>11396387
Oresteia, Oedipus Rex, Metamorphosis, Iliad and Odyssey

[Anonymous No.11396502]

>>11396413
>Oresteia
>Iliad and Odyssey
only read these. how are they life fuel

[Anonymous No.11396514]

>>11396387
In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Myth of Sisyphus by Camus
Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus
Letters From a Stoic by Seneca
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
Major works of poets like Wordsworth, Yeats, Blake, and Emerson (and Emerson's nonfiction is supposedly phenomenal)

[Anonymous No.11396516]

>>11396502
The way Homer writes is hilarious. He's so certain of his own greatness and it shows in every sentence.

[Anonymous No.11396520]

>>11396413
Almost all of those are about how bad life is, highlighting the tragedy of sickness or war.

[Anonymous No.11396529]

>>11396516

[Anonymous No.11396533]

>>11396387
how old are you

[Anonymous No.11396536]

>>11396529
I'm not insulting him it's just funny

[Anonymous No.11396544]

Let go of your hate, OP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RSF8lsB2jpw

[Anonymous No.11396564]

>>11396520
Great tragic art, through its beauty and revelation of truths, spurs us to celebration of life and all of its dark and terrible aspects.

[Anonymous No.11396573]

>>11396533
23

[Anonymous No.11396606]

>>11396387
Please listen.

If you do work morning till night you will progress along your optimum path.

This casting around for a snake oil salesman is you avoiding the hard work that will actually reward your efforts over a long enough timescale

[Anonymous No.11396636]

>>11396606
>If you do work morning till night you will progress along your optimum path.
please tell me what work needs to be done

[Anonymous No.11396648]

>>11396516
Homer didn't write anything...

[Anonymous No.11396671]

>>11396648
Whoa

[Anonymous No.11396698]

>>11396636
Clean your room, get an income, get a meal plan, get physical exercise, pick something you would like that you would enjoy, something like 'write something' or 'make a painting' or 'buy a car' something YOU want, and then plan on getting it, and then act out the plan, actually DO what needs to be done.

[Anonymous No.11396699]

>>11396387
Lord of the Rings

[Anonymous No.11396713]

>>11396636
It depends on your goals. You may feel bad living with your parents, but the upside of that is that you're able to save 100 percent of the money from even a very low end job, something people living out of home could only dream of.

Beyond that it's nice to have a longer term goal. Personally I've heard that if you can write for a couple of hours in the evening you're probably getting as much work done daily as many professional novelists, who often get lazy and still hit deadlines.

The important thing in combating depression is for YOU to feel valid and justified and legitimate in what you're doing, while also paying your own way in terms of daily expenses. Your parents probably don't mind you being at home as long as you're not costing them money.

[Anonymous No.11396738]

>>11396698
This doesn't work

[Anonymous No.11396772]

>>11396738
If that doesn't work nothing works.

Nothing works every single time its tried. That doesn't mean it doesn't work.

Getting off your ass is generally better for your mental health than being on it, as long as other circumstances remain the same.

[Anonymous No.11397331]

>>11396606
this

[Anonymous No.11397377]

>>11396772
>If that doesn't work nothing works
Correct.