/lit/ - Literature

>>13169439
This, or keep going like there's no tomorrow.

>>12282326

I think that I would be a lot happier if I had read less. I would get along with my religious family better, I wouldn't over think relationships. Reading hasn't really benefited me in any positive way. I don't feel like I've got any closer to "The Truth", or even learned anything useful about myself. Hell, I can't even right better now

Does anyone else feel this way, or am I just a brainlet? Any book recommendations on this subject?

>>12134202
I would like to apologize for that quip, it was unfounded. Our disagreement has been bothering me all morning and I don't want to leave it on a bad note. This topic is very meaningful to me personally and I don't feel like I was able to properly put my position down to words. I'm a neophyte debater so I would also like to apologize for any jumps in logic I might have committed.

I do agree with you that there is "a transgender ideology" in the zeitgeist right now, and I do believe that it will eventually end and be ruthlessly criticized in the future. Pronoun laws and 30+ recognized genders have more to do with political correctness than actual science and I am just as alienated by them as I'm sure you are. However, at the end of the day after all of the "ideology" is over and the trenders have desisted many people will still have problems with dysphoria and the issue still remains.

I do agree with you that the issue is over politicized and wish just as much as you that it isn't. I do however still believe that medical transition is still the best practice . You said that treating it as a mental illness is preferable to treating it as an endocrinological, and I don't necessarily disagree, however I don't believe that that is possible to the degree that you think it is at this point in pharmalogical history and that you may overestimate the efficacy of such a course of treatment

>Siddhartha looked up and around him, a smile crept over his face, and a strong feeling of awakening from a long dream spread right through his being. Immediately he walked on again, quickly, like a man who knows what he has to do.

>Yes, he thought breathing deeply, I will no longer try to escape from Siddhartha. I will no longer devote my thoughts to Atman and the sorrows of the world. I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins. I will no longer study Yoga-Veda, Atharva-Veda, or asceticism, or any other teachings.

>I will learn from myself, be my own pupil; I will learn from myself the secret of Siddhartha.

Siddartha did this for me OP. I was young when I read it though, so it might not have the same effect on you. Such a book exists, but it only exists for you; there are no specific books that can evoke the same personal feeling for everyone.

>>12045365
Nah, there's definitely works that can evoke this feeling in people. It's the sense of realization and liberation, the same as this man who can overlook everything from the highest mountain peak, and take a breath of fresh air from it all, feeling a new person.

At least, that's how it resonates with me.

This is the best version of that picture desu.

I want to learn about life to fully understand it in all its breadth.

The constant tone of sadness and depression of this board ( while recently it’s been /pol/ pretending to be /lit/). I understand that most literature is very melancholy but you guys are so self pitying all the time.

>2009: /b/ and /v/
Spent my adolescent years online. Then found 4chan as a bastion for "misunderstood" social outcasts like myself. Still had social media. Was in high school.
>2011 - 2014: /v/
Graduated high school, didn't go to college. Deleted social media accounts and severed all ties with other human beings. Lived in mom's house and played vidya nonstop and hated myself. Thought myself smarter than everyone but never did anything to improve my life.
>2014 - present: /fit/, /lit/, /g/
Moved out of mom's house lol. GamerGate happened and suddenly I realized I hated /v/ and video games so I gave it up. In my new spare time I had myself a good ol' existential crisis. Tl;dr /fit/ taught me I was in charge of my life and I began to lose weight and realign myself into who I always wanted to be but was always too lazy to become. Came to /lit/ with the goal of self-educating myself and have pretty much done just that. Now writing several books of my own in the singular hope that those who are still the way I used to be can find their own paths to redemption.

Minimalism is a god-tier way of living. My life currently:

>no smartphone, only flip phone that is hardly ever turned on
>rent house with loving gf of 4 years in rural town
>only possessions we have are those that have use
>work wageslave job part time but its what I get for not taking life seriously when I got out of high school, probably going back to college this fall
>my money pays bills and groceries and any left over just goes to savings
>just started waking up every morning at 5AM to read and write and practice music
>no internet, posting this from public wifi

That last one is the real key. Return your mind to its natural state and you'll be simply amazed at how much better life is. I've written more, consistently, in the last week than I have in years. It also frees up so much time to read. No point whining about "man I really should get to reading that" when you never actually set the time aside to do so. Life is wonderful when you let it be.

Is this accurate?

...also how many books do you read a year?