How do you deal with FOMO/decision paralysis?

There are all these books out there, all these subjects you can learn about. Great novels, great non-fiction books.
The moment I start reading a novel, I think
>novels are a waste of time, maybe I should've picked a non fiction book and learned about some subject
>maybe that's not the right novel, maybe there's something better I should read

It got even worse since I got an e-reader and found out about b-ok. Everything is at the tip of my fingers and I'm getting decision paralysis.
What's the cure for this? How do you choose what to read and stick with it? I unironically think of rereading my physical copies and forget that kindle or b-ok even exist

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    are a waste of time, maybe I should've picked a non fiction book and learned about some subject
    that's not the right novel, maybe there's something better I should read
    Read books where you don't get this feeling. Simple. They exist, but they tend to be rare.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yes, they exist. Just finished one a while ago, but it was from a totally random recommendation in a IQfy thread. The Shallows was pretty comfy non-fiction.

      think about the long run instead, you can still read those other books after

      Books take a while to read so it's hard thinking about the long run, but I guess you're right.

      What a disgusting looking Hispanic prostitute

      She's Israeli. I'm guessing North African genes.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        She's mystery meat is what she is. israelites are essentially a race of mutts.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >says a guy in America

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            I'm not American, but there are pure white Europeans in the US, a shame they are mixed in with racial garbage mexicans, israelites, blacks, etc. etc., no doubt a degenerate and foul society, likely caused by a pernicious darker element. Still better than most 3rd world countries. Maybe not in the cities, but in the whiter areas for sure.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >I'm not American, but there are pure white Europeans in the US
            lol
            lmao, even.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Spöken like an American. You are American you absolute trash

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      this

      https://i.imgur.com/E3N1FpM.jpg

      There are all these books out there, all these subjects you can learn about. Great novels, great non-fiction books.
      The moment I start reading a novel, I think
      >novels are a waste of time, maybe I should've picked a non fiction book and learned about some subject
      >maybe that's not the right novel, maybe there's something better I should read

      It got even worse since I got an e-reader and found out about b-ok. Everything is at the tip of my fingers and I'm getting decision paralysis.
      What's the cure for this? How do you choose what to read and stick with it? I unironically think of rereading my physical copies and forget that kindle or b-ok even exist

      >How do you choose what to read and stick with it?
      By being interested in it. It's simple as that. what this anon

      I read for fun

      said. Read for fun.
      Then again I'm convinced that 99% of non-fiction books you'll be recommended to read have no utility, and the utility they do have you could easily read from a summary or a blog.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    think about the long run instead, you can still read those other books after

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What a disgusting looking Hispanic prostitute

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I read for fun

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I am 28 years old and i have never even held a girl's hand.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >I am 28 years old and i have never even held a girl's hand.
      They are soft and tiny. Holding a girl's hand is cool, but the best is after you've been with her so long that any prolonged contact gives you an impression of her thoughts/feelings. At some point you can tell when they are lying/obfuscating just by the slight twitch and change of tension.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        lol mine gets mad when I ask what’s up even though I can tell

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I had my first gf with 28, there is no "too late", we're all gonna make it, anon

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        did you tell her shes your first gf and what kind of grimaces did that produce

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Surely he did. It's unlikely that his family would let it go unsaid

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      did they at least do that thing where they push their palm against yours and go "omg ur hands are so huuuge teehee"

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I assume you just skipped a few steps and went right to fricking her ass?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous
    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      I've never held a girls hand but I'm not a virgin

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >FOMO
    You and “women” who use this term and speak this way all deserve to be gassed

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >gets triggered by an acronym
      Kek, you're acting exactly like one of those ''women''

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >Kek, you're acting exactly like one of those ''women

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Post body

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >dyel
            >telling anyone to post body
            Lmaooooo

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >calls people 'dyel'
            >won't post body
            Checks out

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            >dyel just coping
            Let’s see what other photos you take from /cbt/

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            You don't believe it's me so I'll take it as a compliment

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Nice transformation, bro. Time frame?

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            8 months

            You need some sun

            I don't leave the house

            Needing some cranium gains tho

            That's what IQfy is for

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            You need some sun

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Needing some cranium gains tho

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            anon we have the same body type, for god's sake brother in eastern europe, how did you get this new body? can I do it? I'm 6'2 220lbs

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            You don't believe it's me so I'll take it as a compliment

            Looking thick, solid, tight. Good work lad. Chuckling at the hate from the aint nuttin' but a peanut gallery.

            You need some sun

            Shoo shoo melanin-goblin.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      to my mind it's an observable phenomenon that is encouraged by social media

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Everything is a waste of time.

    Just read what you like.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Think about this image and try to embody it.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      stupid frogposter

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    See it as something positive, you will never really get bored, because there is always something you can do/learn.
    I have a text file where I organize everything I want to read and put the books in different categories. It takes them away from my mind, because I know someday I will read them all (as long as I still live then hehe).
    Don't download or buy everything right away. Just keep the titles in the list. After a while the interest in some of them will also decrease.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Simple.

    I drive.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Why is she brushing her teeth on the bus?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      probably some kind of party drug

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    What a beautiful prostitute

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    God I want to frick a trashy thot

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    That picture reminds me of the time my female room mate randomly went to the kitchen dressed like that. Nice body. She was making coffee and doing the dishes. Didn't care at all that I walked in. Previously she had walked around in only a t-shirt and panties. She would bend over while vacuuming and stuff, but didn't seem to mind her ass was showing. Same with going to the shower Why are women like this?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >how dare women occasionally walk around in underwear in their own home

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        It wasn't her home. We shared kitchen and bathroom. I didn't walk around in my underwear, out of respect for the others sharing the place.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        reddit moment

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Do you get offended when you go to the beach? It’s the same thing

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Because she hoped you were man enough to come and take her from behind. But unfortunately you are just a homosexual.

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Don't know. I'm caught between two paths myself at the moment, both mutually exclusive in all likelihood. It's difficult to decide because only hindsight is 20/20.

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    There'll always remain some semblance of Fomo but I remind myself most other people have shit taste (ranging from restaurants to media) and that it's normal for some of the best shit to be unknown to me. I will either find some of those gems or I won't. The feeling of discovering one of these hidden gems can't be beat either. It's an active participation in the hobby. Make peace with your circumstances, there will always be something new or undiscoveres and never feeling at ease will only steal your time. Fomo is a disease imo.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >but I remind myself most other people have shit taste
      That is a huge mistake. Active comparison instead of natural emulation is pure vanity, no constructive thought build upon it unless you want to see the world perish in ash.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    The same way I learned how to no hesitate with everything else in life: just act. Don't think so hard about it, you need some impetus. Pick up a book if you want to read it.
    You can read a novel every week or two pretty easily and depending on what you are looking at, you might read thirty or fifty books a year. Think of the wide variety of topics you could cover in just that time, I would say start broad in your selections, but start with what interests you most or even start with a recommend IQfy chart, there are many books this board has recommended. Don't worry that you aren't reading them in the right order, if it's important it will hit you especially if you discuss it again here. Once you have read more, you will be so certain to your interests it will be crystal clear what you will read next.

    One thing I also recommend if you have trouble reading at all is to read one short story or one essay every day. Get a collection of stories or essays, maybe one that will last you weeks, there are some with 15, 30 even 100 stories in a book. Little time commitment, just sit down at your appointed time and place and read one. This makes you more comfortable if you're not used to reading much. It's not just the-what-to-read that stops people, it's the opening a book part since many people would rather pick up a phone or remote or game controller.

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Any name or site? I really, really like this kind of pictures.

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I don't think she paid for her bus ticket

  20. 2 years ago
    Anonymous
  21. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I waited till I grew older than 18 years old.

  22. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    If your "FOMO" is centered around buying a product, you're probably being MK'd. Just don't buy it.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      How do I know if I'm being MK'd?

  23. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >There are all these books out there, all these subjects you can learn about.
    99% of all subjects in the universe do not matter.

    >What's the cure for this? How do you choose what to read and stick with it?
    Why a cure? It's a blessing. If 99% of all subjects, and thus 99% of all books, don't matter then you must absolutely, ruthlessly, toss every book that doesn't matter. If a book was truly important in the universe and important to you, you would have no choice but to be enamored with the book itself. If no book enamors you, keep dropping every book until you find one that does. It is that easy.

  24. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Organically. I just start reading things. My interest into one book will naturally lead to reading it more and finishing it, even if I start and stop other books in my wake, that I usually go back to.
    Wash, rinse, repeat.

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