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I'm so in love with stories. I'm so in love with books. I am often moved to tears by the beauty of great art. I wish wish wish I could spend my days reading and writing and doing nothing else. I'm crushingly depressed by having to go to work when I could be reading and writing. My entire existence is centered around becoming financially independent enough to retire to a small lodge in the mountains and read, write and pray my days away.

Anything to help me cope with this feel?

>> No.14704350

>>14704342
I love that picture. If I wasnt poorfag, had a nice house, my bedroom would be just like that.

>> No.14704361

>>14704350
100% friend.

>> No.14704421

>>14704342
anon, are you literally me? what are your favorite books?

>> No.14704454

>>14704421
I love all books. I've recently been reading Bolaño, started with By Night in Chile and currently finishing the Savage Detectives, then with all the coronavirus talk I'll probably read Camus the Plague. However for absolute peak comfy my favourite are In Search of Lost Time by Proust- or at least Swann's way. I have been holding off reading the others, waiting to re-read all volumes in their entirety when we get heavy snow again.

>> No.14704474

>>14704421
What about you, anon? What are your favourites right now? What dream are you working towards?

>> No.14704865

>>14704474
i'm in the same boat as you. just trying to achieve financial independence so i can spend more of my time doing the things that i find fulfilling - reading and writing. favorite authors are ishiguro, murakami, and houellebecq.
go-to comfy reads are:
>after dark
>if on a winter's night a traveler
>siddhartha
good luck to you! i hope we can accomplish our dreams

>> No.14705634

>>14704350
yeah but people outside can just peep on you while you're mating with your child's mother

>> No.14705652

>>14704342
>I wish wish wish I could spend my days reading and writing and doing nothing else.
You can. That's what I do. I work as a security guard, so I get paid to sit and read books and write. It's low pay, but it's worth it in my view. I've been doing this for a year and a half and I genuinely feel like I could do it for the rest of my life. I'm very frugal and I'm even managing to save up money. I have no debts. Also no gf, but that's probably a good thing.

>> No.14705793

>>14704342
I live in LA with a girlfriend who loves me and all I do all day is teach yoga, do some qigong, meditate, read, write, edit my books, study consciousness, and do martial arts. Sometimes I spend time with friends and I'll go to an intimate party once or twice a month. In the rest of the time I usually spend time at the beach or near some of the beautiful parks in my area, playing my guitar or bagpipes. I don't work per se. I just show up and talk a bit, and people give me money because they value my time and presence.

It starts with gratitude. Identify your intent. Purify it. Clarify your calling. Step into clarity with every breath. Identify a unique, specific intention, relevant for many people. It doesn't matter what it is -- what matters is the question, and how open you are to seeing the answer realized in the outside world.

>> No.14705825

>>14705793
holy shit, I hope this is a larp and that this person doesn't really exist

>> No.14705848 [DELETED] 

>>14705825
it seemed like a joke until i read the verbal diarrhea in the second "paragraph"
it's definitely real and he should definitely cease his consumption of oxygen

>> No.14705906

>>14704342
You are not alone, anon. I too wish for a life of peace and seclusion.

>> No.14705982

>>14705825
What else would one do but things they enjoy once they've got enough money to never have to work again? With no responsibilities and no ties to anything, what else am I supposed to do? Sit around and be depressed? This is the far side of despair. I believe in you. I love you, my bro.

>> No.14706834

>>14704342
cool blog but living innawoods is really hard my negro, don't get fooled by comfy reddit pics

>> No.14707403

>>14706834
also annoying if you want any modern-day convenience.