/lit/ - Literature

1997 ausfag here, apparently I'm gen z

started high school off pretty well grades-wise but some time around year 10 (4/6 years into high school) they started to dip. my parents had assumed that I just stopped caring about my education because my personal and social life was fine. I told them that I still had an interest in learning but somewhere along the line I somehow lost the motivation, enthusiasm and the drive to put it into practice. I tried to rectify this by getting myself back into reading (I used to be a huge Geronimo Stilton reader when I was younger) so I bought Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson from a local bookshop. I thought it was pretty good so I googled some stupid shit like "best books all time" and bought a bunch of 'classics' lmao (see pic rel). my grades didn't improve (because no shit) but they were still serviceable enough for me to pass/graduate high school

fast forward to now: turns out I have adhd and major depressive disorder, which explains why I literally couldn't manage to get shit done unless the walls closed in on me and forced me to. was diagnosed three years out of high school. these days I'm on 9 dexies a day + SSRIs, but hey, at least I retained my interest in books