How the hell am I supposed to live the good life by doing all of the below every week?

>This is someone's internal monologue

>socialising (or my version of socialising, walking around the city feeling sad about life and gawking at qts, browsing Veeky Forums)
your problem.
the only way to be happy is to increase your capacity for empathy by caring about other people

I don't see how any of these things are something to be upset about. Maybe you're too narcissistic and so you put a lot of weight on yourself.

If you don't like this mode of living - find something else. Just reading Ulysses won't make your life better. Exercising at a gym won't make you happier. Knowing maths won't make you more human - All these things you talk about sound ridiculous.

And finally
>How the hell am I supposed to live the good life
Maybe you should start reading the Bible, and find out thoughts of people who created a whole library of these important texts. Maybe you will find out about liberation and leadership. Maybe you will learn how to accept yourself and be caring towards others, instead of whining about your silly life.

I wish all luck to you and sincerely hope that you will never have the need to make such posts again

>Exercising at a gym won't make you happier.
No, but the gym plus Jesus Christ will make your life much better.

If it's demoralizing for you then it's not the good life.

its an accurate representation of the general intelligence on Veeky Forums

>learning technical skills

reading (aka. comprehension) and writing are both technical skills

>go to the gym 4 times a week and running 3 times

/fitlit/ will hate me for this, but you only really need to do gym 3 times a week, and can easily run in that time too.

>working 9-5 (8-6 when including commute and getting ready)

nothing to help you here, perhaps find an easy job that lets you read?

>doing something practical in my free time

????

if you wanna be a writer, what is more practical than writing or reading?

>socialising

none of the stuff you posted is real socializing/networking, you can easily curb Veeky Forums time to 1 hr - 2 hr

>How the hell am I supposed to live the good life while living the good life?
What did he mean by this?

another pro-tip, you can wrap up socializing and reading/writing in one package by going to cafes

worst case scenario, the music is too loud

best scenario you do what you're supposed to be doing WHILE being able to check out hot grills, and have a shot at being able to talk to one too

Veeky Forums, and the internet in general are only good for explicit research. and 4ch isn't as good as it used to be anyway

OP here. I meant that I am not doing all that and can't.

After 22 years I've realized only a few things make me truly happy. Every thing else is so awful and demoralizing

The biggest aspect of this is a relationship. Any sort, friends, gf, parents, siblings, whatever. But interacting with other people brings me more joy than any of my other hobbies. I suggest attempting to strengthen any existing bonds you have or try and make new ones.

And not stupid shallow ones, either. Unconditional love and acceptance would be proof enough to keep you around.

Strive towards it if you think having picture perfect life schedule will make you happy.

Don't read this. It's just some blogesque ramblings about my personal problems. It probably won't interest you but I'm posting it anyway since it was cathartic

I might be you, except I'm currently in sort of a shut-in mode. It worked fine for about a year and I was getting a lot done but I recently lost all motivation and life feels somewhat bleak.

I feel like any bursts of socializing gets me back on track, but I'm still in a hole I haven't really been in before. I feel like after having touched the bottom, this feeling will always linger, how ultimately it doesn't really matter. Having been a shut-in for a good year (on and off, but mostly) most of my old drives feel partly redundant, partly shallow (I've always accepted them as such, but idk, I don't have a better word for how I view them now, which is slightly different). I was mostly driven by wanting to outshine everyone, easily commanding a lot of respect (even early in interactions), being looked up to etc. Writing this out and reflecting on them, I don't even think they're bad but the core of it is I stopped caring that much about others in the sense that they're all just smart apes like me, and ultimately whatever they think of me won't "really" matter. Though nothing "really" matters, so I can't even explain this feeling.

Fuck, I think I just need to go out and hit up my friends more. My motivations will probably start making sense to me again when I feel like they can produce results. I can't even put this shit into words properly, a severe lack of drive and motivation I've never really before, a feeling of meaninglessness (although I've accepted life as such for years without hitting a low like this).

Fuck. Is there any book to tackle these feelings? I've already read Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning", it didn't do much. I've read books about child soldiers and people worse off, and while I felt really bad for them and tried appreciating my situation and privilege (checked), it didn't really do anything for me aside from the knowledge gained.

I should probably just socialize more, solitude drives people insane. It's probably as easy as that. I hope nobody took the time to read this.

>thinking I ever had a girl let alone one others want
lmao at you

what's the best version of the Bible

>your problem.
the only way to be happy is to increase your capacity for empathy by caring about other people

Not that guy but FUCK OFF!
You are discounting the fact that people do not resiprocate the same empathy.
Why should I be the only one who gives and gives and gets nothing back ever.

>Fuck, I think I just need to go out and hit up my friends more. My motivations will probably start making sense to me again when I feel like they can produce results.

This is what I'm talking about. I'm the guy you responded to. I just transfered to a new school and had to make new friends. I've been in partial shut-in mode all semester. Let me tell you, it really is the best part of my day, going to class and interacting with people, making them laugh, letting them make me laugh, listening to their issues and maybe sharing my own.

It really is socializiation. It's such a big part of our lives. A lot of times you just have too much time to sit and think and your brain goes the depressive rout.

Just try and make new friends.

You gotta quit that job desu

That's what the "Write what's on your mind" threads are supposed to be. I mean at least ask for book recommendations or something if you're going to make a thread.

Because it is fulfilling to be a good person without expecting anything in return
Also because you're wrong and plenty of people have empathy, you're just too autistic to see it

>Also because you're wrong and plenty of people have empathy

Where are they?

>>go to the gym 4 times a week and running 3 times
No need to "go to a gym" meme or spend more than 30 minutes a day exercising

>>working 9-5 (8-6 when including commute and getting ready)

Move closer to your workplace or find another job

>>all my weekly chores
shouldn't take up more than 2 hours a week

>>learning technical skills in my free time so my mind doesn't erode

don't need more than an hour a day

>>doing something practical in my free time

such as?

>>getting a good night's sleep

don't need more than 7.5 hours a day

>>socialising (or my version of socialising, walking around the city feeling sad about life and gawking at qts, browsing Veeky Forums)

don't need more than 30 minutes a day

>>NOT scheduling my time like some banal CEO business type

just set your phone to give you reminders of the most important stuff

>There are no left-handed people in the world
>I mean there's probably a few hundred million, they're not that uncommon
>Oh yeah? Well where are they?
Autism

Hey OP I'm in London too.

Are you the farm user from West London?

No, I'm a long time frogposter, short time London resident

Where abouts are you?

Elephant and Castle here.

West London, not that I have explored a lot of it

How long have you been here?

What do you do?

Oxbridge is terrible, as is every other one of those factory schools

Not long

Boring entry level public sector place

It gets worse pal. Chances are you'll be starting earlier in the morning before long. I used to start at 9am, but after a while they had me starting at 8:30.

Just get some part time job, a small apartment and don't waste money. Especially not on women.

this. be conscious on how much you consume

it's not really impossible. I do most of that, never been a problem. perhaps your diet is shit?

I won't argue, though I believe you've understood what my point was
King James version