/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16823503]

How do I stop myself from ending up like him?

[Anonymous No.16823514]

>>16823503
Don't wallow in your own misery, play the game as best you can and take solace in whatever makes you happy. But whatever you do, stay humble and be positive.

[Anonymous No.16823986]

This book was mind of insane. The first part sounded like how I thought maybe a year before I read it. Reading older writings just makes me realize how we haven't changed that much. I mean, reading Candide is like reading contemporary comedy. And that is from Voltaire, a man that would evoke the feeling of watching paint dry to the average person.

[Anonymous No.16823990]

>>16823503
Read Plato or Tolstoy

[Anonymous No.16824008]

>>16823986
The first part felt like a parody of my own inner monologue and when it got to the second part and he said he was 24 I had to put the book down

[Anonymous No.16824498]

Read crime and punishment while I was couch surfing, living off of my uni tuition, getting hammered every single day and generally feeling like a worthless retard. Basically felt like I was reading my own life, but Ironically such a story felt super satisfying to get into.
I guess just don't get stuck in once place too long, and don't give up on the things that matter. His most miserable characters are all alcoholics who push everyone away and mentally dig themselves into a hole with derogatory inner monologues. If you keep finding new interests and working earnestly at the things that are important for you, you should be fine (i think, still trying this myself)

[Anonymous No.16824521]

>>16823514
>play the game
then I am doomed.

[Anonymous No.16824574]

To quote from Taxi Driver, imo a loose adaptation of the book: "I do not believe one should devote his life to morbid self-attention, but should become a person like other people."

[Anonymous No.16824577]

>>16824498
Can confirm from my experiences. Get out of your head, spend most of your day working hard on things you're passionate about. Resist over-introspection.
I used to spend an hour sometimes, legitimately pacing and thinking, occasionally checking my phone. I'd check the time and get shocked at how much time I let slip.
I started videography and photography again. Difficult but rewarding.

[Anonymous No.16825058]

>>16824521
I don't mean be a kissass faggot who licks boots to get by, I just mean do your job, pay your taxes, and be a decent citizen. Do everything else I said and you'll be fine.

[Anonymous No.16825174]

>>16823503
Don't be autistic
ie, don't spend months on end trying to formulate a plan to bump into some asshole's shoulder.

[Anonymous No.16826075]

>>16823503
Take humble action to improve. Be grateful for the small things. Gratitude is a beautiful thing. Start with your diet, hygiene, and fitness. Ignore or remove from your life people who do not want you to improve and succeed.

[Anonymous No.16826099]

>>16823503
quit this forum

[Anonymous No.16826528]

>>16823503
Unironically have sex

[Anonymous No.16826883]

>>16823503
>I am firmly persuaded that
a great deal of consciousness, every sort of consciousness, in fact, is a
disease.
Was he right?

[Anonymous No.16826911]

>>16823503
>I am firmly persuaded that a great deal of consciousness, every sort of consciousness, in fact, is a disease.
Was he right?

[Anonymous No.16827020]

>>16823503
Literally impossible to become this pathetic. You have to be born like this

[Anonymous No.16827580]

>>16826528
The U-man did, and he wasn't happy anyway. He ruined a perfectly good shot at happiness for himself. Sex could lead to happiness, but it is not the solution, merely a possible step.

[Anonymous No.16827655]

>>16823503
The only thing worse for you than finding joy from others pity is finding joy from your own self-pity. Don't do either.

[Anonymous No.16827875]

You don't.

[Anonymous No.16827884]

>>16827875
This dude was /lit/ and reading Dostoevsky. For those not born Chad, monk mode and Gnostic ascent is our best options

[Anonymous No.16827931]

>>16827875
Is this achievable natty and if so how?