/lit/ - Literature

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First I would say that every creature, every thing even, is "the odd one out". I have yet to find a thing that is not in some way weird: weird because it exists, weird because of its form, weird because of its history, weird because it is outside myself, but inside a world it and I are both part of, weird because I see it, weird because it does not see me, and if it does see me (an animal for example): weird because of the way it sees - and so on. So first of all, life is strange if you look and think about it in a certain way. At the same time, many people dont think about life in this way at all: rock is rock, but what am I?
Now I dont think we can have a really meaningful conversation about this topic (or any topic) here, because I dont know you, dont see, smell, hear, feel, touch you. So what I would say instead is, secondly, that even so life is very strange and often incomprehensible, you should not let this drag you down: it is what it is, many things I dont understand, many things that are strange and scary, but also many things that are beautiful to look at, to smell, to touch, to talk to, to think about.
Which leads me to your point about not knowing what to do with your life. You said in the OP that you spend a lot of time on introspection, but introspection is only going to get you a certain distance in changing who you are and what you do. I think it is safe to say that the time for you has come to change your approach: stop spending your time on introspection and start spending your time on actually doing some of the things you have thought about, and other things you have not thought about. Big changes come from a pragmatic standpoint, not a theoretic standpoint (this is what I have found to be true atleast for myself). So if you say: "I have thought about it so much, but nothing has changed", than stop thinking about it and actually change some small things, step by step. Do what you find interesting or worthwhile. Even if you dont feel "love" for a certain hobby and only enjoy it sometimes, this "sometimes" is better than nothing.

In general: try to be positive. If you cannot be positive: try not to think negatively - focus on the thing you are doing right now. If you have nothing to do: find something to do, no matter what. If what you do makes you miserable: can you change the aspect of the thing that makes you miserable? Change it - if you cannot: do something else.

Post your short story ideas. It's not like they're going anywhere.

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Post your novel ideas. It's not like they're going anywhere.