/lit/ - Literature

I find myself quite frequently extremely skeptical of myself, my perspective, and my beliefs; constantly second guessing, thinking about the cons, and thinking about the pros of things that run against the grain of what I typically think and feel. There's certainly no shortage of "grass is greener on the other side" type thoughts, but just as frequently as i fall into doubts, something comes along to pick me up and throw me back on the good path. I still dont think i've "figured everything out" though, for example I know for certain that, especially in the last few years, developing in isolation has been detrimental to the development of my perspective and I absolutely without a doubt need to smooth out the rough edges and integrate everything Ive learned over the years into the context of a normal life for the sake of perhaps one day returning to a normal life and being able to navigate it while holding on to everything that matters to me.

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Is the criticism not justified? Is the contemporary era not obviously exhausted of the type of cultural depth and spirit that any culture must be judged by, to say nothing of the spiritual desolation that so many of us feel, and the contentment that even the elite take in mere consumption of trash?