Good vibes

[Anonymous No.19746782]

Which books left you feeling optimistic and eager to make the best of your life?

>The reason I'm asking
Though I don't consider myself a miserable person, I have always had a depressive streak in me and a couple of years ago, I went through a long spell of feeling suicidal. Ever since, I feel like I have lost the will or ambition to dream about better times ahead. It's as if I have resigned to the fact I will someday just end it all so what is the point of even trying.

I'm not into fantasy, politics or any other weird shit, if that helps.

[Anonymous No.19747299]

>>19746782
Anybody?

[Anonymous No.19747355]

>>19746782
never read a book like that.

[Anonymous No.19747389]

>>19746782
Unironically try BAP. Meditations might be a meme but its good too. Evola too. Sun and Steel. Some Nietzche. DESU a lot of the books and authors that get memed on are probably good for what you're asking for, autist literature readers are morbid creatures that like to mock anything positive or optimistic, not blaming them for it but its in their nature.

[Anonymous No.19747390]

>>19746782

[Anonymous No.19747438]

>>19746782
Read non-fiction about people who were really ambitious and who lived interesting lives.

[Anonymous No.19747478]

>>19747389
Could you tell me what BAP stands for, please? Thanks for the other suggestions. I do get the feeling /lit/ is overly pessimistic and fatalistic, and that any book about the good things in life is considered "pleb".

>>19747438
That's not a bad idea. Do you have any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.19747483]

>>19747390
Thanks for replying, but I don't like anything too political.

[Anonymous No.19747529]

War and Peace
Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Odyssey
Augustine's Confessions

[Anonymous No.19747637]

>>19747529
Thanks for the suggestions.

Have you by any chance read the top review on goodreads.com of Modern Man in Search of a Soul? I'd like to hear what you think of it.

[Anonymous No.19747650]

>>19747478
Its pretty hard to summarize BAP, people say he's a regurgitation of Nietzche, imo this isn't exactly right, he's reinterpreting Nietzche to bring out his most life affirming, vitalistic, and mystical/esoteric qualities while also mixing in 4chan humor. Bronze Age Mindset definitely gave me great energy at a low point for myself.

There's one quote that stands out to me, I forget the exact words and I'm not even gonna try and remember the right words but the message is, "Our time doesn't need virtuous men, it needs men of action willing to plunge into the depths of darkness."

If you wanna see if you like him first you could try listening to some of his podcast.

Older shows: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk4JO10zICcSGPvbgZ17j1w/videos

Newer shows: https://glycineputler.libsyn.com/

[Anonymous No.19747657]

>>19747637
No, I read books, not reviews on the internet

[Anonymous No.19747684]

Brothers Karamazov

[Anonymous No.19747724]

>>19747650
I know he can't help it, but listening to his accent is about as pleasant as watching centipedes mate. Thanks for explaining it, though. I'm not very into internet culture, so I think most of the stuff he says and writes about would be lost on me.

[Anonymous No.19747729]

>>19746782
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

[Anonymous No.19747757]

>>19747724
His accent is much better in the newer episodes imo, or maybe I just got used to it.

[Anonymous No.19747762]

>>19747724
He talks more about the ancient greeks and medieval artists then about the internet.

[Anonymous No.19747818]

>>19747299
The ones my mother read to me when I was little. There were a few others that had some bits that seemed inspiring at the time, but it turned out to be naive, idealistic horseshit.
The closest thing to a whitepill is the fact that civilizations naturally go through growth-collapse cycles, because if they didn't they would stagnate. So if you're living through a collapse period, it's not actually the end of the world at all and will pass, although you'll probably be dead before it finishes passing.

[Anonymous No.19747877]

>>19746782
>I'm not into fantasy, politics or any other weird shit

What the fuck do you even read then? Erotic romances that feature Fabio on the cover?

[Anonymous No.19747891]

>>19746782
Feeling Optimistic And Eager To Make The Best Of Your Life For Dummies was a good read.

[Anonymous No.19747896]

>>19747877
Last three books I read:

Céline, Louis-Ferdinand - Journey to the End of the Night
deWitt, Patrick - Ablutions
Fante, John - Ask The Dust

None of those feature any politics or fantasy.

[Anonymous No.19747917]

If you have the ability and patience, unironically read UIysses. I return to certain passages in that book anytime I feel down or depressed, since it's the most accurate novelistic representation of how it feels to "experience life" that I've come across. It's full of gaiety and joy and affirmation of the good and bad, as well as just an endlessly fascinating tour through what is arguably the peak moment of modernity.

[Anonymous No.19748858]

>>19747637
Aka Jewish Man in Search of More Kids to Rape

[Anonymous No.19748868]

>>19746782

[N E M O . !!GgBWHLRiayD No.19748938]

>>19746782
>Which books left you feeling optimistic and eager to make the best of your life?

None, because I am not a dork.

In order to optimally exalt that purpose in a mundane setting, before engaging in less mundane activities, I prefer to listen to Sofia's vibe: transce.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1kpBeHO4aY

[Anonymous No.19750183]

>>19748938
>None, because I am not a dork.
And yet you listen to arguably the most soulless, bland and least inspiring music ever produced.

[Anonymous No.19750263]

>>19746782
Anything by derek sivers. Magical books this guy writes and they are all a quick read, each book taking about 90mins to read.
Also any book by erling kagge. Walking is amazing and Silence too.

[Anonymous No.19751024]

1984

[Anonymous No.19751254]

>>19746782
>Which books left you feeling optimistic and eager to make the best of your life?

Hermann Hesse - Demian

[Anonymous No.19751283]

>>19746782
I read a book called 'Wild Children' for 8th grade and it was about the kids who had to survive during the Bolshevik revolution. It made me optimistic to never repeat that tragedy again.

[Anonymous No.19751728]

Bump, also interested in this.

[N E M O . !!GgBWHLRiayD No.19752922]

>>19750183

"Trance" music: soulless? you are spiritually emasculated, and sonically tasteless.

[Anonymous No.19752936]

Silas Marner. I read it right after a string of Hardy novels and it lifted my thoroughly deflated spirits.

[Anonymous No.19752954]

>>19746782
emerson's essays always leave me feeling fresh as a daisy when i read them

[Anonymous No.19752960]

>>19751254
when i was in high school siddhartha did the same

[Anonymous No.19752965]

>>19748938
this but with chicane

[Anonymous No.19752974]

>>19746782

[Anonymous No.19753344]

>>19752922
>you are spiritually emasculated, and sonically tasteless.

If that is what it takes to realise trance music is braindamagingly bad, I'll happily take it.

[Anonymous No.19753446]

>>19746782
If you could let the equanimity---an equanimity of mind which is not afraid to acknowledge the harsh and demanding deprivations of existence---of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy permeate your soul, like a literary teabag in your tepid soul... Well, you'll be better positioned to deal with life's vicissitudes. Also Rabelais since it boils down to: you'll make a lot of mistakes and try on many personas but as long as you can find yourself with a fire at your back in a cozy Inn with a few conversants, cups of wine and shanks of mutton you're good. I also find stories novels and plays by Arthur Schitzler comfy, as well---funny, witty examination of how people get in their own way constantly. Maybe if I knew your interests I could offer better ones to you specifically.

[Anonymous No.19753455]

>>19752922
No, he's right: your taste is pathetic. I used to respect you; that's over.

[N E M O . !!GgBWHLRiayD No.19753714]

>>19753344
>>19753455

You lack the Millennial tincture.

[Anonymous No.19753841]

>>19746782
Infinite Jest. I think that there's something to books that really embrace the futility of it all that make me feel alive. Nothing matters == everything matters.

[Anonymous No.19754496]

Check out Robert Walser, start with The Walk

[Anonymous No.19754641]

>>19747637
Read the Bible, anon. If you're really looking for truth, you can only ignore it for so long. But if what you're really looking for is "happiness" or something such...I don't know, just get addicted to a substance, because it's the closest you'll get.

[Anonymous No.19754651]

Soulcraft by Plotkin

New Self, New World by Sheperd

Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche

i also recommend magic mushrooms

[Anonymous No.19754673]

>>19754651
your opinion immediately got invalid. mushrooms can either make or break someone don't incite a risk for someone you do not know that is not ok

[Anonymous No.19754684]

>>19752960
I read siddhartha too in hs was it in 12th grade?
would be funny if we went to the same school or had a very similar curriculum

[Anonymous No.19754696]

>>19754673
i respect him enough to assume he will do his own research and utilize them in the optimal manner

[Anonymous No.19756027]

>>19746782
Am I the only one feeling an overwhelming sadness when looking at OP's pic ?

[Anonymous No.19756043]

>>19746782
Moby Dick made me want to be a sailor. Or at least go on some big life changing adventure. I never did, but that's how it made me feel.

[Anonymous No.19756057]

A wild sheep chase by Murakami

[Anonymous No.19756088]

>>19756027
Why? Some underlying theme, or just because old=good and new=bad?
Personally I think that if people still dressed respectably, it would make a big difference in how we perceive society. The street itself is nothing out of ordinary.

[Anonymous No.19756089]

>>19746782
The Bible, but only after reading Plotinus, Aquinas, and the Corpus Hermeticum.