The Subtle Art Of Not Giving a F_ck
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ScarySpikes
tastes like burning
TBH You really need to give all kinds of f_cks to listen to a 5 hour long audio book in a single sitting...
Mike95060
Work In Progress
Fuck it, do it in pieces :laughing
ScarySpikes
tastes like burning
Maybe, though that requires giving one or 2 fucks every day, maybe for a week... That's still a lot of fucks.
Though, since the COVID panic started I've had an excess of fucks stored up to give out. :laughing
HappyHighwayman
Warning: Do Not Engage
It's a good read. I get some people like to listen to books but I can read much faster than I can listen. This was like a 1-2 hour read from what I recall.
Good philosophy. His main point is to care, but only about important things
Good philosophy. His main point is to care, but only about important things
There needs to be a book about it? Seems like you put it nicely in a single sentence. And now the rest of my day is freed up.
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wazzuFreddo
WuTang is 4 the children
This book reminds me of the general consensus when I graduated college. Most everyone I went to school with said I was being an idiot for accepting a job in California and that I would be flat broke and back at my parents' house inside of 4 years. :laughing
Also that middle school teacher that told me I would never amount to anything. Even at 12 years old, I knew that dude was a loser :rofl
Also that middle school teacher that told me I would never amount to anything. Even at 12 years old, I knew that dude was a loser :rofl
cheez
Master Of The Darkside
Well, on some days, it feels as if my fuck fields have fallen fallow, and the fuck harvest yield falls short, leaving me few too fucks to give about even the things that fucking matter, yet other days my fuck field furrows fill with fat, fabulous fucks, and I find myself with far more fucks to give than things about which to give fucks.
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HappyHighwayman
Warning: Do Not Engage
There needs to be a book about it? Seems like you put it nicely in a single sentence. And now the rest of my day is freed up.
Now accepting donations to the Happy Highwayman Literary fund
Eldritch
is insensitive
NOW you're getting there!
If you dont have enough fucks to read the book, and don't have enough fucks to watch the 5 1/2 hour video, you can always read this fairly short book summary I found.
https://jamesclear.com/book-summaries/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck
https://jamesclear.com/book-summaries/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-fck
Mike95060
Work In Progress
The book does not push indifference. It's a subtle, but important, distinction. The books title is catchy, but the arguments behind it are pretty main stream and not all that far fetched. I'm 1/2 way through but, so far what has been said echos some of my therapy sessions :laughing
aminalmutha
Well-known member
My current work load is not realistic or reasonable. My management knows that. It has really brought to light what is important and what is not. There are a lot of things IDGAF about because if I did, I would quickly burn myself out. I am able to focus more on what is important.
I had a conversation about this with a coworker recently. Asked my advice on a difficult but important project. “How am I supposed to do this and all this other stuff?” Focus on that. It’s important. Work hard at it, do well and forget about the less important stuff for now.
I had a conversation about this with a coworker recently. Asked my advice on a difficult but important project. “How am I supposed to do this and all this other stuff?” Focus on that. It’s important. Work hard at it, do well and forget about the less important stuff for now.
Eldritch
is insensitive
I mean, if the HHM's description is accurate, it sounds like it is just promoting being effective and exercising valuable uses of your energy. That is essentially my philosophy. I spend pretty much all my time giving zero fucks about things I cannot control, even things that effect me. If I cannot impact/control them, I accept them and move on to focus on what I can actually do and achieve.
LOL, it is why you will rarely ever catch me online bitching about how other people behave. :laughing I recognize people are shit, I cannot control that, and just focus on my own behavior.
Joking aside, there's probably a reason that guy wrote that book. Stuff can creep up on you. It's not like "my mom died, and work is hectic, do I go to the funeral or meet that deadline" all the time. It'll be a ton of little things that slowly build, and then the cat pukes on your rug and your find yourself in tears contemplating divorce, suicide, and possibly stabbing that check-out girl at Safeway that broke an egg bagging your groceries the other day. The goal is not to let it get to that point. That's the hard part.
Eldritch
is insensitive
Yowza, you good? :love