/lit/ - Literature

>>8355066
oh

Is there any contemporary book that talks about the guilt behind not working enough or not being rich and successful?

>feel disgusted when I see billionaires donating money
>feel disgusted when seeing people say their family makes them happy
>"noble causes" like healthcare, formal education, space travel etc. are all wastes of time
>feel bad for not being rich
>feel bad for not working all the time
>feel bad that all those slagfus I see will never have sex with me
>have no passions
>feel disgusted about the idea of being spooked

What book can help?

>>8236593
b-but I like Brave New World

>tfw no Megan Boyle gf

>you will never teach a 7 year old girl latin

It's been 8 years since I last fell in love
I can't take it anymore, I'll never find anyone like her again

Recommend me some books to deal with the pain

>>7879375
>he has 5 unread messages
>you have 5 messages that await a response

>go to the library because reading at home is lonely
>borrow books I could easily find PDFs of and put them on my Kindle because books have more humanity in them

>Counterparts
>A Little Cloud
>A Painful Case

Can you describe your oneities, /lit/?

>>7529669

How do I set goals in order to achieve big things and fulfil my potential? I was never someone who failed school or university or anything like that. I always did very well. But I find it hard to motivate myself without external pressure.

I might set up a system with daily goals, or weekly goals, or possibly even 6 month goals but I never believe in it. I see it as a valid artificial tool or measure to use and then immediately believe in the naturalistic fallacy and tell myself that living with these goals lowers my quality of life, or that any measure becomes worthless as soon as it's used as the be all and end all.

If I try to set rules like "after 8 pm only do leisure activities", in order to stop my guilt about not working, I feel ridiculous. Somehow spending all my free time on 4chan feels less ridiculous than working to a schedule or towards goals.

My only source of salvation seems to be to accept that i live in 2015, a time with many man made aspects to our lives, and fighting my inner monkey / hedonist is the only way to live as it mostly sabotages me compared to a guy living in 2000 BC.

My goals are stuff like going through certain programming textbooks, certain maths chapters, etc. I want to educate myself and gain skills.

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