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Anyone else here a late bloomer? I didn't read a single book between the ages of 12 and 24. I failed school out of total lack of interest and played video games all day. I didn't care about anything, had no goals in life. I didn't know anything about culture apart from loose historical knowledge I picked up from games like Total War and Crusader Kings 2. At 24 I bought a philosophy book on a whim and it changed my life. Nearly 2 years later I'm going to study Philosophy, Politics, & Economics at university. Still a kissless permavirgin though.

>> No.16383374

>>16383356
>late bloomers
who cares, keep improving yourself, king

>> No.16383413

>>16383374
I'm just wondering if there's anyone else like me. I look back on my old self and it feels like I've emerged from a dream. I spent the first quarter century of my life as a plant.

>> No.16383472

>>16383356
I bloomed sooner than you but still late (at 17). Like you OP I was depressed and uncultured and doing miserably at school, but by blind luck I happened to read a philosophy essay which introduced me to philosophy and literature. I remember starting from middle school math textbooks and trying to work my way up to calc (yes, I was this bad). Managed to pull everything together and now I'm halfway through my cs degree.

>> No.16383569

Enrolled to uni at 29

>> No.16383656

>>16383356
I went through puberty a lot later than my peers, this meant I was slow to grow out of fantasy/horror and spent most my time playing games. At 19 I took lots of LSD and completely changed, started reading philosophy and poetry and haven't stopped.

Now at 21 Sheakspeare is my favourite author, I'm thinking of traveling to learn French or German. I love poetry so I'm going for it.

>> No.16383742

>>16383356
>Philosophy, Politics, & Economics
literally why? how do you plan to get a job with that sort of degree?

>> No.16383761

The best time to read is just after you wake up, before you even step out of bed, you're not even alowed to pee.

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>>16383356
There's most likely many others here. As long as you're improving yourself and growing then I see no issue.

>> No.16385426

>>16383356
I was the same bro

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>>16383356
dw fren, the bliss of mental expansion surpasses physical pleasure

>> No.16385492

>>16383356
If I remember correctly, Gregory Corso wrote his first poem after the age of 20; yet he went on to become a famous American poet. He had also gone to jail, so you're probably better off than he was.

It's never too late. Most writers have had a strong education since they were kids, so you can write about your own experience, which was vastly different, and more likely to be original.

Also, this is going to be a feature of this and the next generations of writers. There are very few of us who really grew up with the classics, there being many more who grew up with television, videogames, and the internet.
I started reading voraciously at 13, and had no friend of my age with whom I could talk about books - my best friends were a 19 y.o. aspiring filmmaker and a 23 y.o. classicist (not joking).
Even then, my education was - and even is - a joke compared to what the average 13 y.o. from the Victorian aristocracy was supposed to know. But still, this is a feature of our age, and as writers we should learn to deal with and never try to hide it, nor lament it too much.

Consider also that your life expectancy is much higher than those of Dante, Shakespeare or Keats. So you do have time.

>> No.16385494

Same, literally bullied out of high school and thus resented academics in general. Now I’m 26 and going to University in the spring.

>> No.16385632

>>16383356

Not really a late bloomer, but in my 30s I’m experiencing so many things clicking. Knowledge, understanding, wisdom is a lifelong journey.

>> No.16385652

>>16383356
Knowledge will set you free brother

>> No.16386336

>>16383356
Same here. I started reading at 23 after a depression and some health issues. Before that I was pretty much a normie: girlfriend, friends, videogames, hitchhiking around my country, a lot of parties, etc. Now I'm 27 years old lawyer who wish to had dedicated more in his personal education. I'd love to write something of value despite of being a midwit with a huge gap of reading, but like others said, is a lifelong journey and we need to keep cultivating our souls

>> No.16386342

>>16383356
24 isn't very late to start seriously reading, i know school killed my interest in reading from like 16-22

>> No.16386365

From 15-24 I lived a life of immense shame and debauchery. Alcohol, drugs, bad sex, jail, rehab, mental hospital repeated a few times over. I'm just getting my life together and started college this fall. I am getting straight A's so far. When I was 21 I told a girl it was too late for me to get it together... So dumb. The truth is, life is long. It's not this short little thing, "you blink and its over," like people tell you. There are endless opportunities to reinvent yourself. Life is long and we can make it if we try.

Good luck anons

>> No.16386385

I've read some philosophy classics since 18 but I mainly wasted 10 years of my life at law school and battling depression. I finally got my degree and just now I'm trying to make of reading a habit, like 2 hours a day after work and on weekends. I'll never be some galactic brain /lit/izen but I'm happy if I can get to improve and live with more meaning during my 30's.