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THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK - By Mark Manson

Updated: Oct 7, 2021



A counterintuitive approach to living a good life.

  • Our crisis is no longer material; it's existential, it's spiritual. (8)

  • The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one's negative experience is itself a positive experience. (9)

  • You can't be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others. (17)

  • Finding something important and meaningful in your life is perhaps the most productive use of your time and energy. (18)

  • The only way to overcome pain is to first learn how to bear it. (21)

  • "If you have to ask yourself if you trust your life, then you probably don't." (27)

  • "Don't hope for a life without problems," the panda said. "There's no such thing. Instead hope for a life full of good problems." (30)

  • Problems never stop; they merely get exchanged and/or upgraded. Happiness comes from solving problems. (31)

  • Denial

  • Victim Mentality

  • "What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to suffer for?" (36)