Turning Apathy into Ambition

[Ar’hanParticipant 8]

To my fellow crimethinkers and s~~~lords,

I’ve noticed that I regularly struggle to remain motivated in my classes and in finding a career path once I finish college. Since graduation is a couple of semesters away, I feel fatigued with my classwork and look at my prospects with a sense of dread. These feelings stem from a lackluster GPA and a comparatively short resume. This makes me question what I want to do in life and, more importantly, how can I remain motivated as I do it?

Even after taking the red pill and much soul searching, I still find myself plagued by apathy; how can I turn this into ambition?

[Silent NoiseParticipant 211]

It might be worth looking into absurdism to create your own meaning and then sustain it. You can live a nihilistic life and do nothing, possibly getting your life hijacked by someone else’s meaning, or you can find satisfying goals and problems to solve.

I’m in a similar position, and feel as though hedonistic nihilism is not enough, so trying to come up with meaning. It’s a struggle.

[Freeman_KParticipant 3524]

What i do is that i have this freedom scale. So actions that increase my long term freedom instantly become natural and lack of motivation is not a problem anymore.

Hedonistic nihilism is a road to nowhere, was there when i was 18. But once most of your freedom is taken away either by extrnal events or by your own stupid ass and you have to fight to regain soveirgenity you learn to appreciate the fight and the road which you know where is leading you.

The choices we make, not the chances we take, determine our destiny

[Nathan R. JessepParticipant 1102]

Ar’han wrote:

To my fellow crimethinkers and s~~~lords,

I’ve noticed that I regularly struggle to remain motivated in my classes and in finding a career path once I finish college. Since graduation is a couple of semesters away, I feel fatigued with my classwork and look at my prospects with a sense of dread. These feelings stem from a lackluster GPA and a comparatively short resume. This makes me question what I want to do in life and, more importantly, how can I remain motivated as I do it?

Even after taking the red pill and much soul searching, I still find myself plagued by apathy; how can I turn this into ambition?

Master’s degree is what I did.

[Anonymous 18]

Flush motivation down the toilet. Make sure you wipe your ass with it first.

Write on a piece of paper what you need to do. And commit to it. Like you brush your teeth.

When commitment trumps your ‘feels’ you will succeed. And success is its own ambition.

[Ar’hanParticipant 8]

Silent Noise wrote:

It might be worth looking into absurdism to create your own meaning and then sustain it. You can live a nihilistic life and do nothing, possibly getting your life hijacked by someone else’s meaning, or you can find satisfying goals and problems to solve.

I’m in a similar position, and feel as though hedonistic nihilism is not enough, so trying to come up with meaning. It’s a struggle.

I definitely need to convince myself that there is meaning and purpose to what I do and that it’ll eventually pay off. Nihilism only makes me feel like all my words and actions are in vain. This world view is quite depressing and it landed me in a TFL phase a couple of years back. Adopting a subjective, absurdist philosophy is an interesting approach. My main issue with such a mindset is that it would contradict my current one which is skeptical and strives to be objective.

[Ar’hanParticipant 8]

Freeman_K wrote:

What i do is that i have this freedom scale. So actions that increase my long term freedom instantly become natural and lack of motivation is not a problem anymore.

Hedonistic nihilism is a road to nowhere, was there when i was 18. But once most of your freedom is taken away either by extrnal events or by your own stupid ass and you have to fight to regain soveirgenity you learn to appreciate the fight and the road which you know where is leading you.

The long-term freedom scale sounds like a good incentive. I particularly like this because this is an objective measure of the ramifications of my actions or lack thereof. The main barrier I currently have to long-term freedom is college debt, hence my worries regarding the job outlook after college.

[FrostByteParticipant 19005]

I would start here on this site with.

30 Simple Things EVERY Man Can Do To Instantly Improve His Life

If you rescue a damsel in distress, all you will get is a distressed damsel.

[Anonymous 3]

As many said here, it is not ambition you need, but the strength to do what you need.

Like it says in this quote from the movie gladiator:
Maximus: You don’t find it hard to do your duty?
Cicero: Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to.

[GnosticParticipant 2491]

FrostByte wrote:

I would start here on this site with.

30 Simple Things EVERY Man Can Do To Instantly Improve His Life

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I found another video with the same title, it is this?

There is no magic in MGTOW, just recognition of the truth and logical decision how to avoid dangers. The red pill is but the truth, it is no magical potion. Do not think in this modern world men have no longer have natural enemies, men are prey to women and government.

[Hombre LibreParticipant 261]

Good morning men… it is almost 9 AM Sunday here. There are only two or three books I recommend to people. I’ve mentioned this one before in these forums. But, I know we get a fantastically great flow of new men here.
The title of the book is: HOW I FOUND FREEDOM IN AN UNFREE WORLD, by Harry Browne. It is worth looking up online and at least reading its chapter titles. It’s divided into two sections: the traps, and how to be free of them. Many of these traps are imposed on us by society. Many of them are assumptions we have already made (e.g. Get married, have kids, morality only comes from religion, etc.)
So, please check it out. Have a great week guys!

HOMBRE

[The Missing ManSpectator 342]

Ar’han wrote:

To my fellow crimethinkers and s~~~lords,

I’ve noticed that I regularly struggle to remain motivated in my classes and in finding a career path once I finish college. Since graduation is a couple of semesters away, I feel fatigued with my classwork and look at my prospects with a sense of dread. These feelings stem from a lackluster GPA and a comparatively short resume. This makes me question what I want to do in life and, more importantly, how can I remain motivated as I do it?

Even after taking the red pill and much soul searching, I still find myself plagued by apathy; how can I turn this into ambition?

The truth is everyone is apathetic to a degree, it’s just that people don’t make a big deal of it. The world is real, but all effort is imaginary.

Okay that’s pretty vague, let me bring this up, do you know how to navigate using a map and magnetic compass? I’ll assume probably not, well to navigate you first set your initial course and then start walking in that direction, now let me ask you when do you check the map with the magnetic compass again to know your still on course? This goes into what you want to do with your life, don’t define what you want in vague terms like “I want to be successful”, give your self a very clear defined objective. Most of all how ever you have to be conscience of what your doing, going into this idea “when do you check when your still on course.” Also do not let your emotions define what you do, meaning, if you don’t like how it feels for example working out just keep doing it. You must get into the mindset that it’s what you will achieve in the long run rather than how you feel in the moment. What you feel in the moment is an illusion of the mind.

Secondly you don’t need to be motivated to do anything, you just have to do it. There is no secret magic to doing anything. When I hear this idea of people looking for motivation I really hear the need for a quick fix, there will be no amount of information required to know how to do something you just have to start doing it.

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