What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life.

From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams, and we search in vain for their original.

Much would have been gained if, through timely advice and instruction, young people could have had eradicated from their minds the erroneous notion that the world has a great deal to offer them.

~ Aurther Schopenhauer

It is survival.

Without the distractions of modern life; video games, movies, social media, TV, porn … etc

Life is merely suffering to survive.

Men have been working to their bones for decades.

Growing up in the modern world they indoctrinate dreams into you “The American dream” and by that put you asleep to reality in order to believe the dream.

Reality is not nice.

You have to face the absurd tactfully.

Many don’t, and instead waste time, money (resources) and mental energy on things that don’t manner.

The goal of life is to survive.

The goal of the individual is to “be happy”

People are at war with themselves.

Many don’t even know what would make them happy.

My advice is to plan against the void and guard your sanctuary. A place of quietness to which you can reside when the world gets too much.

Work hard to avoid negative people and energy.

This takes strategy and diligence

Survival is a marathon. Not a race.