Why create the problem of finding goods in the first place, if no problem needs to be given in the first place — schopenhauer1

The problem of finding 'goods' (not merely physical/material goods, but also emotional/spiritual) is inherent to life itself. Without the goods, there is nothingness. Where there is nothingness, there is a void and depression emerges. Life itself is the void and is the possibility. Part of the problem of life is simply the fact that we have too much freedom to think and dream but are physically, financially, emotionally etc constrained on those dreams. If you don't find the goods, you don't survive. I think the problem is a a given to life, not that the problem has the option to be given. It is just there, given to everyone.

I didn't "double check" your posts. I got curious about what you have said, so I looked at your profile to see your other comment threads and found that.

Saw that you posted this on another thread and found that interesting and applicable to this conversation. Quite odd, that you would say that, given what you have discussed here:

"Our existence makes us biased in assessing the significance of our existence."

As said above:

I think this, and the rest of what you said, says more about how you find yourself to be attuned to the world or to "life in itself" than it does about life in itself. — bloodninja

I completely agree with you. I attempted to argue the same thing but less eloquently

Why isn't 2500 years of philosophy effective prophylaxis against nihilism? — Bitter Crank

Modern day society is the disease that philosophy was trying to prevent. Being stuck in it propels the nihilism to me

You said "life is good in itself". Not just that life is good, but that it is inherently good; "the goodness of life is present without our perfection". What i interpreted you saying is that simply living is a good thing and that we should recognize that; that we need to see how life is good in itself, as if the good is already there. What I'm saying is that we need to create the good for ourselves, not find what is already out there.

I don't think that life is good in itself. Life would be empty and horrible if we didn't actively try to make it good, or seek out good. I am a bit of a nihilist myself; i dont see the point in life as it is. Life has the possibility to be good, life is possibility. But in itself it is nothing unless something is made of it. Depression reverts one back to such state of nothingness, whether it is severe depression or not. Part of what makes life difficult is that it is endless possibility trapped in confinement; we dream freely but are frequently unable to fulfill such dreams- and when we cant reach those dreams, it feels empty.
I strongly think that the upsides do not outweigh the downsides..the downsides are usually the things that affect peoples lives the most; whether it be a trauma, a loss, anxiety, depression etc. People usually remember the bad instead of the good since it affects them more. I may be interpreting you wrong, but are you taking a bit of a hedonistic stance?