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What book or author should I read to gain willpower? I don't care about anything and I'm unable to do things I would like to do, I just slide on the floor and get on with the shitty routine of my life and it's killing me.

Pic related: I want power of will starting from 0, not coping with life like stoicshit

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>>17311826
It’s a self fulfilling thing. Have the ability within, the potential for much is there.
Authors can point to the way, but it’s mostly just a pep talk.
Nietzsche, Stirner, Joseph Campbell, David Graeber, etc.

>> No.17311955

>>17311894
So what if I was born without it? Why do I feel bad about it then? I want to improve my life but I feel like I can't.

Also, I read a bit of Nietzsche but it felt like he never argued his sentences

>> No.17312064 [DELETED] 

F. Gardner. I recommend “Call of the Arcade.”

>> No.17312125

>>17311955
You’ve probably built up a chemical in your head
Here. Do the opposite of all this.
https://youtu.be/LO1mTELoj6o
Eat right, sleep right, exercise, stop telling yourself it’s something you were born with.
Yeah Nietzsche is a bit advanced for some people I guess.
For you, Epicurus
https://youtu.be/hBWDIzHldPg
Relax, care about yourself, push yourself towards the good.

>> No.17312169

>>17311826
"Willing cannot be taught."—Seneca

>> No.17312184

>>17312125
I already sleep and eat right and exercise. Doesn't work.
>>17312169
what now

>> No.17312195

>>17312184
Velle non discitur.

>> No.17312226

>>17311826
Plan your day. Don't just get out of bed and begin your routine of time wasting compulsive habits. Get out of bed, get your coffee, sit down and write what you want to get done that day. You'd be amazed how much this can change your life.

>> No.17312262

>>17311826
>What book or author should I read to gain willpower?
Giovanni Papini a man finished
Mircea Eliade Diary of a short sighted adolescent

>> No.17312277

>>17312184
How is your attention? Get tested for ADHD if you suspect you have trouble acting on basic things that most people can do easily.

>> No.17312350

>>17312169
I've been reading Seneca's epistulae morales and it is some of the best material of that sort I've come across. He is very methodical and thorough, I usually just read 2 letters each night before going to sleep, it's almost meditative. A lot of it might seem obvious or naive, but it kind of grounds you, brings you back to a more reasonable mindset from which you can then approach things. The constant emphasis on being aware of the present is particularly good at bringing about a kind of lucid state of mind, and he also points out that it is only by effort in and attention to the present that any long term growth occurs.