>>81740438from my experience religion will only work if you truly believe it's real, otherwise it'll obviously feel fake and like a cope
I've never researched stoicism but it just seems to be a "deal with it and don't care" philosophy which for someone like you obviously wouldn't work since you feel big emotions and can't just turn that off
politics won't bring you individual fulfillment in life, they serve an entirely different purpose. people who rely on politics for that purpose are misguided
self improvement is a very general topic but you probably treated it as a sort of life guidance type thing, like "if I follow this path I will become happy."
it's more about the little things, you know? yes, go exercise but don't get into an obsessive self-help mindset.
build a well balanced life for yourself. let these things come and go through your life rather than being a constant. you exercise when it's time to exercise, then you let it go. you keep up with politics and the world for the day, and then you let it go. take time to just sit around and appreciate the little things.
eat good food, see nice sights, etc.
it probably sounds retarded or too on the nose, but it's what works best in my opinion