Becoming self aware while thinking

This sucks guys, every time I need to do some sort of advanced thinking I'll forget what I'm doing and start thinking about myself thinking.

Any ideas as to how I should go about fixing this?

I'm not into all the hippie stuff but maybe try some secular form of meditation. Mindfulness or something

Re-focus, I assume:)

Drink beer.

Lysergic Acid Diethylamide.

Drink more beer.

You are s Buddha.

:)

Love.

Whats wrong with you people. Mods need to start waving the hammer here more often. This guy is putting himself in a vulnerable situation and you guys take a shit on him.

Be nice helpful and relevant.

No wonder there's more chess.com discussion on reddit than on chess.com itself with the crowd here

In what way is he vulnerable?

Some deep thought has brought me to the conclusion that everything is going to end in death, so why live?

This thought was promptly followed by the idea that maybe I won't ever die, and if that's the case then why do I live in the first place? Is it to live happily? To help others live happily?

Why should I help others live happily if their lives are equally as meaningless as mine?

Keep in mind I am not suicidal or depressed in any way, just highly curious.

I don't think BatesC is vulnerable.  I hope not anyway.

I think we may as well try and make each other's lives more pleasant as it is all we have so we may as well make the best of it. 

Perhaps I'll start a religion.

Of course there is no universally accepted response to the question of why we should live at all, but we do find an affinity with others by realizing it is not a unique question. We are free to choose, including the feedom to give meaning to ours and other's lives, since there is no meaning to begin with:)

Pick a side.

Indeed, I've come full circle and now realize that I might as well utilize my ability to have emotion while it's still possible.

Thank you for helping me resolve this temporary personal conflict chess.com general chess discussion forum

BatesC, if you are serious about this, try googling the word "Eudaimonia." You'll find some interesting reading material.

Hey, feel free to give meaning to your own life, but leave mine up to me.

I think this is the source of a lot of the strife in the world.

I'm really just going to continue to embrace what the people I'm close to mean to me, so you have nothing to fear:)

Haha, fair enough.  I'm thinking of it more in terms of all those people who seem to insist that others should live their lives a certain way.

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