Does anyone else go through periods where they can't help

>>9831166
Consumption will fill you with knowledge and experience; it does much more than helping you copy what you consume.

You really must define "worth it". Happiness is but the rise after a fall; you don't need anything to be happy, and you certainly don't need to read books; at least this would be true if, from the moment we're born, we weren't thrust upon a world that fills us with the desire for "more this and more that", effectively fucking up the whole balance when we realize the truth about happiness.

In practice, philosophy can aid you in the pursuit of piece of mind, so there's that; true, useful philosophy can, however, also be found in works of a non-philosophical nature, of course.

>>9831166
If it's only a mere hobby for you then it might not be worth it. For some of us it's part of a lifestyle. We're not looking towards some imaginary finish line so that we can look back and say "finally, all of my reading has paid off!"

How else would you fill your time?

Literature may not be an ideal hobby, but among the ones you can do almost endlessly (as opposed to exercise, nature walks, etc.), literature is among the best.

>>9831166
Is doing anything as a hobby "worth it"? A hobby is a recreative activity. It's not meant to be productive.

Definitely OP. Reading is a consumerwhore behaviour. Let's be honest, in Plato's day you could relax or stay stable. In capitalism standing still is death. So being a consumercuck is bad. You have to be a producerbull.

And my philosophical views mean I see reading as mere entertainment and philosophies as unfalsifiable posturing judged on fashion. It's a miracle I read as much as I do

>>9831166
I don't read that many books but all the time I spent reading and researching books is worth it for the simple fact that it lead me to Bloom Meridian. I think you just need to find your infinite books. Those works of art that seem to unravel the more you dig into them.

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>>9833743
>Bloom Meridian
Someone with good photoshop skills please make this a thing.

>>9833757
Kek what a happy little accident

>>9833766
Just like you right?