The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

I picked this up mostly because I saw Katie Porter reading it. Self help is an odd genre, often times part pop psychology, common sense, some type of philosophy, and all too frequently some bastardization of Eastern thought (zen, Taoism, Buddhism, yoga, meditation, etc.) — oh and an unsolicited biography, which usually results in me rolling my eyes, cringing, and sometimes exclaiming ‘who cares'.

So Mark does have some of these elements, but comes off as less pretentious, more knowledgeable, and more respectful. So instead of pop psych he references respected studies and the history of certain aspects of psychological figures, such as (will look them up, Henry? And...)
Yes he does lean on some common sense and I don't think anything he suggests is actually ground breaking but I like the content and the style of his delivery. Yes he cusses a bit but I didn't feel that it was excessive.