1 Name: Era : 2026-03-29 22:47 ID:DbPcvzOZ [Del]
It's been a while since I sent anything on here, and yet it still is the place I feel most comfortable and sensible when vocalizing my thoughts, feelings, and processes. A while ago,o I was dealing with serious thoughts of suicide as well as extreme acts of violence. However, with much more effort than I wish I expended, ed I have managed to regain my footing, if only a little bit. I've started making a bit more money, ney although I am not anywhere near where I want to be. I have found a somewhat decent plan to rectify my college issues, and I am in a slightly better mental state than I was before. Nevertheless, I have found myself at an impasse. Even with all the progress I've made, that, in the grand scheme of things, has been exponential. I feel blank. I feel absolutely nothing. I try to perform emotions that don't feel real, and I've honestly forgotten what real emotions feel like. On top of the fact that I am still struggling with this frustration addiction with lust, which leaves me no room for comfortable solitude. I'm unsure if I'm doing something wrong in my plan or if the changes I am trying to achieve are not possible for me, but it's quite frustrating.
Yet that explanation is too vague to fully do justice to what I'm perceiving. I've been working hard to limit the effect my emotions have on my outward appearance, trying to stop the "performing of existence" that has been so ingrained into my life. However, I keep falling short. My brain understands the fundamentals needed for the change, the study, the practice, but when I'm in the actual act, I just fall short.
I've been trying to look at different approaches. I've read "The 48 Laws of Power", "The Laws of Human Nature", Musashi's "Book of Five Rings", and I am still trying to apply my study. I've tried incorporating more interest-based STEM studies, which I actually enjoy. I've tried working out more. I'm even planning on dieting. I've attempted meditation on the aspects and absoluteness of my inevitable death. Yet I feel like I am doing everything at just 70%. I feel like there is something crucial that I am missing to start making "absolute" changes. As Musashi put it, I feel like I'm missing "the spirit of the thing."