/lit/ - Literature

not gonna happen

>>15079741
you dont decide what your passion. You either try and try anything under the sun for a sufficient amount of time or you realise that you actually dont have a passion. To be honest, i feel like most people use the word passion wrongly and overly often. It became the a new buzzword that means absolut nothing. People with a passion are obessed with their particular focus of interest. If they werent succesful at what they do you would call it addiction. Socrates had a passion and died for his. Guys deciding to live off the grid live out their passion. Progamers dedicating all their waking hours to the game are passionated.
Most dont have a passion. Uninstall/delete all your socialmedia(accounts). you are blinded by the overly positive but plastic internet world. your perception is warped. Try to see behind the facade and you will realise that passion is a contentless adjective. Most peple only have interest and things they like. 90% dont have a passion and you are probably one of them.

> I want to leave something to the world after I'm dead, I really do.
you wont. Sorry dude. You are maybe above avarage but thats all. You are a fading light in comparison to the almost omnipotent, virilious genius mind blinding striking you like lighting. I met geniuses, and i met people who are now in their twenties but im sure they will become world leaders. Believe me, those people are just different. Its like they made of different fibre that radiates "geniusness".

I had the same issues as you; this video made me cry a bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIUvp0e1bw
farewell my friend

>>15079752
please

>>15079884
I appreciate the reply man, thanks for taking the time.

I agree that passion is a strong word.

I don't really care about being a genius, nor about making a masterpiece that will be remembered for generations. Just something my kids and friends can point at after I'm gone and say "hey anon made that, isn't that neat?".

>>15079915
You said and i qoute:
>I want to leave something to the world after I'm dead, I really do.
now you are back peddeling
>Just something my kids and friends can point at after I'm gone and say
Build a birdhouse or an ant farm. Or even better build a house at a lake. I dont know you but presupposing you are tempremantally similar to me, i would recommed physical labor. Try creating something with your hands instead of your mind.

>>15079741
>>15079741
Keep trying until something appears and sticks. Maybe you will see at some point that what you did was assembling a puzzle, searching for the right pieces, sometimes failing, and needed the bigger picture.

We can look to Schopenhauer here. You can will what you want but you can’t will to determine what you want. Test and experiment with things until you find something that mildly interests you. Then stick with it. The true joy from a hobby is achieving the flow stage, and you only get there with study and practice. You. Have. To. Stick. With. It. I’ve had a guitar around for 20 years. Only 3 years ago did I start seriously learning and singing. Only this month have I started learning jazz chords and progressions. Stick with it.

>>15079957
I could have expressed myself more clearly yes, by leaving something to the world I simply meant something which will outlast me, not necessarly leave a trace in the collective mind.

>Try creating something with your hands instead of your mind
Fine arts have always been interesting to me and I have some woods in the garden, maybe I will try sculpting. It's true that all the hobbies I have pursued until then were things you could lose yourself in the theory of it (music, programming, writing...).

Maybe your passion is being a dilettante

>>15079884
>Im a quitter who places passion on a pedestal like a holy grail when in reality its a forged relationship with highs and lows between you and the subject

I try to remember why I’m here and notice the signs. I believe meaning can be found in identifying and taking up the world-task. How to transform this belief into action and whether deeds of action are even possible or effective in our age is another matter altogether.

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>>15080135
OP here. Fuck off reddit niggers and give me some real answers. Also samefag

>>15079884
>wrongly and overly often.
You write retardedly always

>>15079741
The fuck does this got to do with Literature?

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>>15080139
I gave you a real and honest answer. If you choose to deny it or look elsewhere, that is your choice. I would expound on this further, but it doesn’t sound like this catches your interest and so I won’t bother.

>>15080139
Why do I feel like I've seen that reaction image coupled with mass reply several times already? is it dejavu?

>>15080235
it's some bored faggot