/wiz/ - Wizardry★

1. Do new things that can be done by yourself
2. Keep doing them until you find something that makes you happy
3. Do that thing for 71 years straight

What do you do now to make you happy?

>>217004 (OP)
Def do not play ffxiv

Happiness is a lie. It's the carrot normalfags follow all their lives until they become old and bitter. The best thing you can do for yourself is to try to live your life as comfy as you possible can until you die. If you are on NEETbux then good for you. If you need a job I suggest working in something comfy like a WFH job or being a night shift security guard.

>>217004 (OP)
Happinesss is a fleeting emotion. Sure, chasing it is good but there is no such thing as eternal happiness.

Just stay true to yourself and follow your heart. I wouldn't say chase happiness but rather minimize your suffering. Like if you want to be a NEET and do fuck all but jerk off and play video games all day but your parents are always up in your shit, then find a way to live without them. You will probably have to trade one form of suffering for another, but one choice will always lead to less suffering than the other.

I say that minimizing suffering is important because if you remain in an environment of suffering, your desires will likely tend towards avoidance rather than fulfillment. Once you actually achieve that goal of minimizing your suffering then, you will likely be more open to challenging everything you know about life, and that is when the real life changing stuff happens.

>>217004 (OP)
My suggestions are the following:
1) do not take psych drugs
2) get neetbux
3) rent a cheap room for yourself
4) take night walks
5) sleep at least 8 hours daily

>>217004 (OP)
Do not chase happiness. Chase WIZdom.

>>218019
WIZdom implies happiness. but you're right happiness itself cannot be pursued, but things which lead to happiness. all hail magic!

Happiness as normalfags have portrayed it is a meme. You just need to be content with your lot in life and understand your place in the universe. Also let go of any regrets and self-doubts. Most importantly, stop comparing yourself to others. Only then can you truly live happily as a wizard.

Bump

What's the essential components of a good wiz life?

>>218194
Neetbucks, reasonable 5 figure savings (in usd, gbp or eur, not garbage currencies), extra bonus points if on top of that your parents help you or you get inheritances.
A good comfy apartment or home.
As you can see a lot of it ties down to money.
Money makes or breaks a wizard, enough of it and he flourishes despite living in a normie hell.
Lack of it, and suicide risk increases thousandfold.

>>218198
I vehemently disagree. I noticed that the less I spend, the happier I am. Buying new things is like a drug. It makes you feel good at first but when the high wears off you feel even worse than before. And the less I spend, the less money I need. Likewise, physical comfort only makes one weak. I'd be happy living in very destitute conditions as long as interaction with others can be minimized. Art and entertainment is free through the power of internet piracy nowadays. A fairly modern used business laptop costs about $150 and a decent internet connection costs $10 a month. Other living expenses are astronomic in comparison.

>>218207
It's not about buying stuff.

The main thing is having a secured good apartment or house, and guaranteed income to pay for bills and food every month.

Everything else is just gravy on top.

You cannot be happy and be treated like shit because of your looks and lack of job. And being alone no matter how hard you try will never ever make you happy, sadly.
Whenever you'll se a couple play with their son or thotter and buy him or her an ice cream only to be shown a weird twig by the kid that he found in a park, and his or her parents pretended to find it funny, so that the kid could be happy. This is what true happiness is, nothing more. You need a house, job, and a family of your own to be happy, this is the truth of life, it's just that I will never be happy because I am at the bottom of the male genome, and because of my "race" I can't even become a passport bro. And that is why I try to disregard females and post here every three months and then fall back to other non-wizard media.

>>218213
>You cannot be happy
>YOU will NOT be happy if people don't find you attractive
>YOU will NOT be happy if people don't have a HIGH-STATUS JOB
>YOU will NOT be happy unless you have many FRIENDS
>YOU will NOT be happy when you see other people happy
>YOU will NOT be happy unless you OWN a HOUSE and CAR
>You will be SAD FOREVER
Fuck you and your projective language. The word "you" is not a valid substitute for "I".

>>218213
People are happy when they are free from desire. You aren't goign to be unhappy without a family if you do not desire a family.

However if that desire is making you unhappy then you should pursue it instead of getting wrapped up in some silly ideology that causes you to suppress your emotions until you reach your breaking point.

>>218216
You would think so, but it seems to be more common to people to remain unhappy and constantly chase new desires once they achieved previous ones. This shows that getting what you think you want doesn't make people happy. It is the lack of desire for more than people are trying to go after, and it takes quite a bit of mindfulness and gratitude to get yourself there.

That or you just happen to be born into a life of extreme privilege, get everything you want from a young age, and are in a position where no one expects anything from you.

>>218218
>rich people are happier than poor people, rich countries are happier than shitholes and that's because in the former people can meet their desires and live fulfilled lives unlike in the latter :)
wise words

>>218218
None of that is really true, it is just a perspective that is easy to believe when you are focused on obtaining things. I suppose it is hard to see what I am saying when your life is currently filled with a lot of suffering.

Happiness is unobtainable

Happiness is easily obtainable.

>>218234
Wrong

>>218233
Wrong

>>218234
Good point.
It's just a matter of your outlook on life. The only people who have trouble with this concept are mentally ill white liberals who think society has to change for them to be happy, meanwhile they would be just as unhappy regardless of their environment.

We were not meant to be happy in the first place. Each one of us only has around 70 years to live on this planet and time flies very fast, especially when you are a wizard. 70 years is not enough time to figure out anything. Most people die without ever having their shit together. Anyone who sells you the idea that you need this or that in order to be happy is bullshiting you. All of us are different and we don't want then same things. What could be very important to me could mean shit to you and same goes the other way around. We all have to find what makes us "happy" on our own.

>>218252
Mate

I believe that happiness comes from freedom, from being able to do what you want without being conditioned to anything or anyone, and there is no better way than to find freedom than through knowledge, since knowing ourselves, and accepting who we are. we are, we will be able to live in peace. As well as learning useful things that allow us to acquire material wealth, so as not to be subordinate to anyone. Focusing mainly on your life, and stopping giving importance to social, cultural, and political issues, or simply other people's thoughts, since at the end of the day, the only and most important thing in this world is yourself.

>>218252
I didn't realize this until I turned 30. Time starts flying after that point.

Now I'm 42 and it feels like it's been a blink of an eye. In no time I will be 70 and life will be for all meanings and definitions done for me.

Life is incredibly short. And it sucks big time living it as a wizard, especially a poor one like me who will neither get disability-bucks nor a job no matter how hard he tries looking for either.

>>218240
Incredibly sad pic

>>218214
normalfilth loves to do that. They fail at life in every way possible but then they use this cool little trick
>you
instead of
>I

>>218252
>>218489
Having time pass quickly is an incredible blessing. Some lives are to be endured, not enjoyed. In some depths of depression it feels unbearable to make it through each day, so you are doing relatively well enough if you dont experience life like that

>>220186
I sure did between 18-29.

Being a poor depressed virgin during that age is paramount to torture on this planet.

Once you go through that and become completely emotionally dead, the rest of your life will pass pretty quickly and painlessly.

I don't mind that I'll be 50 in eight years. Even the last two years of my life blazed by.
There's absolutely nothing to look forward to. I'm not scared of dying nor do I feel joy, sadness, happiness or anything else except the occassional hunger or need to go to the toilet.

I wouldn't even mind if I got into a traffic accident. Or lived for another 30 years. It all seems transient and meaningless now.
Just take every day as it comes, because we are specs of sand in the universe that don't really mean anything.

>>220188
I became a wizard last October,
and decided to check back on this site, at the time, my 30th, I didn't even realise it, but you're right, 18-29 was absolutely murder for me,
I was trying so hard to fit in and live like other people, I would eat at restaraunts alone and people would come over and pity me to my face,
I stopped doing all that and my mental health has been much better.
It doesn't have to be a negative thing, simply drop those expectations foisted on you.

>>220188
> the rest of your life will pass pretty quickly and painlessly.
I wish. You're just in a positive space currently until something new and horrific happens to your health, country or immediate family etc

>>222062
>You're just in a positive space currently until something new and horrific happens to your health, country or immediate family etc
Which probably won't happen. Even if it does, he's an adult male, not some helpless goobabay who can't handle a little hardship.

>>222063
It's guaranteed to happen and having no support network will make everything very hard. Say if you break your hip and have no family around to help with managing daily life, good luck with that

>>222061
I'm still a couple of years away from attaining my magical powers but my experience has been similar. Stop struggling and try to accept the cards you've been dealt as best as you can. People will malign you or judge you a failure and whatever. Live in such a way that this affects you as little as possible. There is peace to be found for most of us I think.

>>218489
Yeah I just turned 38 and my 30s went by so fast. 31 is when I moved out of my parents house and the time was just a blur of porn, video games, and alcohol.

You need goals. You need to stay productive or at least learning new skills. You need enough money to achieve those goals and you need enough free time to pursue them. This means part time wage slaving. Either as a regular part time job or periodic full time employment followed by full time neeting. Your goals can be things that other people won't approve of such as beating video games or something as long as it's something you genuinely want to do. Existing in a state of aimlessness, doing nothing but scrolling, clicking, and mindlessly consuming media is not a good way to achieve happiness. Eventually you will consume everything that is good. Maybe you change to a new format of media and keep consuming for a while, but each time you do it gets shittier and less rewarding.

Happiness feels less clearly defined than simply "not being depressed," especially since so much more has been written about depression than happiness. I see depression as the biggest obstacle to living a good life as a NEET, so I’ll share a story that might be useful.

After high school, I lived at my aul mas house, and at first, I was genuinely happy. I had no real responsibilities, no worries about the future, and for the first time, I could truly relax. But as the years passed, I started to hate my situation. I felt trapped in my bedroom, still dealing with my aul mas problems as an adult, and it became suffocating. Nothing about my circumstances had actually changed—no major events, no external hardships—but my perspective shifted from positive to negative, and I became deeply depressed.

So why does this matter? Well, my aul mas soup is fantastic—there’s no denying that. But more importantly, this experience showed me that depression can sometimes be rooted in mindset. If my negative outlook was the cause of my depression, and I could change my outlook, then in some cases, depression might be "curable" just by shifting perspective. Of course, I’ve also experienced depression that felt random and unshakable, so this doesn’t explain everything. But it does make me wonder: how much of depression comes from negative thoughts bouncing around in our heads?

The other major thing that’s helped me is physical activity. If you're a NEET, you're likely living a sedentary lifestyle. But humans evolved to be highly active, and when you don’t challenge your body, it gradually breaks down. You might not notice it at first, but over time, symptoms creep in—fatigue, lack of focus, depression, poor sleep, joint pain, muscle weakness, brain fog, increased stress, and more.

The solution? Lift weights. Strength training improves both physical and mental functioning beyond what you might imagine—it feels almost like a drug. You don’t need much space, and you can do it indoors. Even in communities dedicated to cognitive enhancement (where people take things like modafinil for performance), weightlifting consistently ranks among the most effective "hacks" for boosting performance.

These are the two key insights I have about happiness so far:

1. Mood often follows mental attitude.
2. Weightlifting counteracts health problems and enhances performance.

Note: I used AI to make this post read better since I suck at writing.

>>222091
how can i do weightlifting at home? should i buy some dumbbells?

>>222095
Yep, get cheap adjustable dumbbells from amazon. You can do a full body workout with just dumb bells. You can use muscle wiki or google to learn exercises for it. Start simple, and go slowly. I think you'll like it.

My life has been p shit these past few years and lifting has been one of the things I look forwards to. As a nerd that writes code and stays inside all my life I never thought I'd write such a sentence but there you go.

>>222096
How do you work out the back muscles with dumbbells?

>>222096
google "dumbbell back workouts" Or use muscle wiki like he said.

>>222099
oops meant to reply to >>222097

>>222097
dumb bell romanian deadlift (lower back)
dumb bell row bilateral (lats, traps middle)
dumb bell shrug (traps upper, lats)

Be careful with the back. It's easy to hurt yourself if you do the exercises wrong. If your back is as weak as mine you'll not want to blast it with as many reps as if it were a biceps.

Most weights I do as many sets as I can until I can't do the exercise cleanly.
Small muscles: 6 reps.
Large muscles 12 or more.
Delicate muscles (like neck): only a couple.

I became happier after finding this place actually. I'm still struggling but two things that helped me:
- If you mourn your past or miss on living a normie life or have some sense of FOMO… just don't. I know it's easier said than done but I finally realized that this happy life that I see other people living is not for me. You wouldn't get depressed because you are not a Jeff Bezos level of billionaire or an Olympic swimmer, right? Because from out vantage point, a norming life is as much a ridiculous and childish dream as those. I'm not broken or a fuck up (okay, maybe I'm), it's just this bitch world rewards only sociopaths and hypersocialized people. The more Dark Triad you are, the more you will thrive. We (I'm a schizoid and avoidant, for example) are just not fitted to be at the top. Well, I'm content with my place at the bottom. That's my place, it's not bad if you think about it.
- I try to learn new skills and achieve new goals. Despite being a wiz, I'm not terribly huge into nerdy hobbies like vidya and anime (although I sinked a lot of time into Paradox games, and it says something), so I dedicated a lot of my time to drawing, playing musical instruments, reading about history and getting fit. I fell off lately, but I'm getting back slowly to where I was. That's what matters to me in life. I have a dream, and I want it to become reality. It's a big one: I want to write a sci-fi epic. Maybe, in the future, you guys will read it. Even if it's a stupid dream (the majority of writers fail), I'm just happy to dedicate my time to something big and significant.

>>222143
The planet and species we live in actually rewards full blown psychopathy the most.

The royal histories of all countries are filled with people who had their own flesh and blood siblings, parents & aunts killed, tortured and imprisoned through various schemes so they could remove them from the line of succession and rule alone.

Apex predators like bears and lions will maim and kill any young cubs they meet if they're not his direct descendants. That means natural selection has proven their strategy to be the most efficient at gene propagation.

In countries like Mexico or Jamaica, you currently have no way of getting to the "top" unless you're part of the big drug cartels that post warning videos for smaller groups, where they skin and burn lesser dealer gangs alive along with their extended families.

The world is a much more awful place than you or I realize, because we are so far removed from the top of the hierarchy.
Kim Jong Un was challenged by his uncle when he ascended to the top of North Korea, by the way. He put him on an empty field and had him killed with an anti-aircraft shell to the head. He also killed his wife just to be sure.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/kim-jong-un-displayed-executed-uncles-headless-body-claims-us-president-donald-trump-2293907

Trump got the intel files of the case when he became president for the first time. Kim paraded his headless body in the capital to let everyone know what happens when people challenge him

>>222145
I'd say: don't hate the player, hate the game. Cluster B crazies are the pinnacle of evolution in the jungle, both male and female.
Males with high risk taking behaviour and great physical form especially. It makes peefect sense in the jungle. Unfortunatly, we don't live in the jungle no more, but even then, we live under capitalism that rewards risk taking behavior (any business is basically that). Cluster B disordered people get traumatized and develop those traits as a defense mechanism, but it's not their fault that this strategy is the most effective one and is constantly reinforced by society

>>222160
Samefag, and I don't want to go full crab, but I would blame succubi for that.
Think for a moment. It's a known fact that males with Dark Triad trades have the most mates. Yes, they don't have lasting monogamous relationships, but they get the most game. It doesn't matter anyway, since they won anyway as a male: spreading their seed far and wide.
Now, succubi reinforce those traits by rewarding psychopathic males with sex,and since psychopathy is partially genetic, they also reinforce them on genetic level.
That's why I'm skeptical of "narc abuse" industry when it comes to relationships. Succubi relish in psychopathy, they love it, but they hate the consequences of what this sort of male brings. Psychopathic males are not more charming and people don't overlook red flags. The red flags are there, but the psychopathic male is just that irresistible.
Well, anyway, I hate rambling about sex and succubi here, but I think it should be said.
If we bred less psychopathic triats and reinforced them less, we'd have a less cruel society.

>>222161
No, you are 100% right. Even when they "grow up mentally" and want a "stable" man, many of those succubi already spawned kids for a manipulative dark triad psychopath and had casual sex with such men for years.

We are an animal species. No nobler than a bonobo or gorilla. Our society at the core is intristically animalistic and primitive, not rational.

succubi will collectively never prefer "softer" men. Even when they berate those good looking narcissistic psychopaths, they see it as an advantage to have their genes for her own offspring.

>>222161
It's the support of the cattle which enables them. Were these numbers autists, the fools would find theirselves lost.

>>222161
The very drak triad amount of heads is counted within female population. That's the natural result of this sex bring loved with all of a man's heart… for the reasons of the dick.

Men didn't care about playing to succubi what succubi played to them, even worse they are still cucked enough to feel bad about not fulfilling standards set by succubi and stupidly get proud of being let into pussy access. Pathetic ways leads to miserable results, that's why it's such a honor to be a volcel and never give a shit about normies as a whole

>>222176
>The very drak triad amount of heads is counted within female population.
If you mean that there are more Dark Triad succubi than men, then yes, true.
But as I said, I don't mean it's bad or anything. It's just a strategy that some people adapt, not unlike wizzies.
People with Cluster B disorders live by "live fast, die young" mindset, they prioritize short term thinking and risk taking behavior, which sometimes can yield greater results. Or they fail miserably. It's all or nothing.
Anyway, succubi also adapt this strategy, and successfully. Anecdotally, go on a borderline or narcissist subreddits (I know, I know) and then on any other personal disorder subs. Notice that despite being quite demonic, people in Cluster B subs don't batch and moan about the lack of dick/pussy. Also, it's worth noting that a diagnostic criteria of borderline includes disordered romantic relationships. It's like being a sex-haver is a must for a Ckuster B PD.
So, what about succubi? They win by that strategy too. They adapt this all or nothing mindset by being emotional demons who coax a male to get into monogamous relationships and become a provider by the means of emotional manipulation. They adapt their Dark Triad ways for different reasons than males. Although, females fail more, since you can't build a lasting relationship with a bitch ass crazy succubi, but it's like a lacmus test. If there is a male who can tolerate a BPD succubus, then he is the ultimate beta who will accept constant abuse and manipulation.
Going back to "narc abuse recovery" industry, I also want to note another thing. Choosing a psychopathic male is a logical behavior. A female decides that the genes of a highly successful male are worth the risk of being killed or abused, and she is right. It's not unlike the savanna, where a lioness gets cubs from the alpha lion who might kill the offspring himself, so she just gets his alpha genes and then gets out ASAP with her cubs to save them. Single mothers who fuck criminals do the same, I'd believe.
Anyway, I'm sorry for my off topic rumblings, but I saw a "sociopath beats normie normie beats autist autist beats sociopath" pic a long time ago, and I think it spoke to me on a deep level. I'm making notes on this very topic, how our society is ruled by Cluster B freaks (so, anyone who is a politician, celebrity or a businessman), then the normie cattle and the wizzies on the periphery. I'm thinking about writing a whole text on this topic, so I'm sharing my thoughts and would like to hear other wizard's thoughts. Right now, I'm collecting scientific articles, research and the like, making noted and other minor stuff here and there too. It's not really about sex, though, it's the paraphy of crabs, I'm interested in the society-wide phenomena of Cluster B traits fooling normies like it's a Huddini show.

>>222178
They manage to fool normies and meek people, because at the core normies are animals and can be told certain things that trigger certain animal responses in them (fear, elation, flattery, thankfulness, safety, danger, hope)

Cluster B psychopaths are immune to manipulation themselves. They aren't humans in the animal sense, they're "aliens" who understand how humans work and how they can be toyed with. They're the ones dishing it out in various forms, and a normie will DEFEND him because he is high status.

>>222178
They are very aware of what they're doing. They also try to normalize their ugliness and only demonize male ugliness or shortness.