The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

I am a very self-conscious person. To a fault. I constantly question everything I say or do (usually after they've been said or done) and agonize over it, worrying about what other people think or thought of me. All the time.

In short, I give too many fucks.

This is not a life-changing book. I don't think any book truly is. But sometimes you just need someone to tell you something in a certain way to make you look at things from a different perspective, and that's what this did for me.

In the first few chapters he talks about the general principles of the book. Life is a problem to solve. Failure makes us better. Confrontations are better not to avoid. You are responsible for yourself. Choose good values. Decide what to give a fuck about. Those are some of the things I've already tried putting to use at work. Will I keep being able to do that in other aspects of my life for the foreseeable future? Maybe, maybe not, but this book has planted the seed already, and it's up to me what I do with it.

It's clear that Mark is a very experienced person in life, and I loved some of the stories and anecdotes he told. It was a way of seeing how the tips he talked about could work out in real life. It also never made the book feel boring or hard to get through. Quite the opposite!

On a last note: if you have the option, get the audiobook. The narration by Roger Wayne is absolutely excellent and just made it all the better.