How do I stop indulging myself in manchild hobbies and start reading literature?

How do I stop indulging myself in manchild hobbies and start reading literature?

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Take the red pill, cuck.

Dumb animeposter

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You have to want it for the act itself rather than the perceived benefits you'll get from it. Last year I had a six month relapse when I when back to watching animu, it was fucking horrendous.

Start a meditation habit.

When I had poor self-control, I'd end up mindlessly browsing Veeky Forums and playing videogames for hours, and masturbating to weird porn. I'd then realise I'd wasted time that should have been used on hobbies I actually enjoyed, and work I needed to finish.

Since I've started meditating I'm more aware of what I am doing. When I go on the PC I can sense when I am becoming mindless, so I can nip any mindless browsing in the bud.

>When I had poor self-control, I'd end up mindlessly browsing Veeky Forums and playing videogames for hours, and masturbating to weird porn. I'd then realise I'd wasted time that should have been used on hobbies I actually enjoyed, and work I needed to finish.

Holy shit this is me.

>Since I've started meditating I'm more aware of what I am doing. When I go on the PC I can sense when I am becoming mindless, so I can nip any mindless browsing in the bud.

A-user? Is it really me from the future? There really IS hope ;-;


Honestly yes, self control and good time management are pretty much the only two keys to success.

Pick up a book and start reading

>You have to want it for the act itself rather than the perceived benefits

Hmm, my idea when I started reading was kind of that I did want the "benefits" but in seeking the benefits I would come to enjoy the act, and that is kind of what happened.

I set a goal to finish a minimum of one book a month this year, and try to do at least an hour of reading every day with the occasional break, and I have already significantly eclipsed that goal, and that is because I am actually enjoying the reading I'm doing now, and it doesn't just feel like I'm trying to reach some finish line.

Some days I read 3+ hours and I finished my first book in like 15 days which I feel is pretty good. Like for example today I'm looking forward to reading, but I gotta find the perfect time, because I've got some important errands and shit to do, but once I actually sit down and do it I will get really excited and immersed in it.

you have to force yourself at first but it does get easier

can you recommend some books for becoming the ultimate zen guru?

Mindfulness in Plain English is all you need if you're a layman who wants to start meditating

Here's a free pdf: misc.equanimity.info/downloads/mindfulness_in_plain_english.pdf

FUCK man this 100% describes me down to fapping to weird porn out of boredom and playing the same game that i've completed over and over again without any goal in mind.Albeit I haven't overcome them absolutely.Meditation is really the key to changing your habits and yourself by making you more aware of when you fall into the traps of the old bad habits.

thanks

If you weren't reading The Greeks as soon as you learned to read, it's too late for you.

If you didn't become fluent in Greek and Latin as a child, it's too late for you.

>consuming instead of creating

You're still in the manchild mentality.

zen transliterates to meditiation.
In zen they practice zazen - lit. sitting meditation

so.

Anime overdose, I watched anime to the point of exhaustion; It took me around 1 1/2 years though before I realised that it wasn't doing anything for me anymore.

>needing meditation to not be a cave dwelling parasite
keke just kill yourselves you're DEFINTELY not going to make it in life

it's not your fault

It has to be a progressive path.
Start watching good anime, not garbage. Get some of the classics of 70's, when anime was a drawing style that still kept basic rules of anatomy and logical writing.
Then do the same with literature. The silly, old books are way better than the bullshit they sell today.

look through your anime catalog and pick the ones you can really say were worth the time

I did and could only pick like 25 series out of 200

Hobbies don't make you a manchild. How you act is entirely up to you. Reading won't make you less insufferable and autistic unless you learn how to apply knowledge. You sound like you are just another user woried about self image.

My advice is this: go outside, lift weights, stop wanking, get a job, and start being more social.

The fact you are using anime reaction pics is a sign you need to come out of your hole and have a long road of self improvement and struggle ahead.

going outside and lifting won't make him less of an insufferable autist

read until you realize reading is a manchild hobby