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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Manson's argument is that your capacity to care is finite, so the only honest question is what you spend it on. The swearing is the packaging; underneath it sits something much plainer — that choosing your problems is most of what choosing a life amounts to.
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Who you are is defined by what you're willing to struggle for.
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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.
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You can't be an important and life-changing presence for some people without also being a joke and an embarrassment to others.
Mark Manson The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck