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I am not sure I am at the right place in my life to need/enjoy this book as much as others do. It all seemed a little too “Dr. Phil with lots of cuss words” to me and not very much helpful information. Maybe I have already mastered the subtle art of not giving a f*ck? In short, this novel by Mark Manson is an attempt to piss on the mentality that positive thinking yields positive results. Screw turning lemons into lemonade; he wants us to be able to stomach the lemons! We learn here that bullcrap happens and you can’t just sugarcoat it to make it seem better or coddle someone who deserves a bit of the harsh honest truth. His brutal honesty is probably the most redeeming feature of the book to me.
One of the things I did like being reminded about, however, is that there are only so many things that we can give a f*ck about. We cannot spread ourselves too thin or there will be nothing left. We have to decide what to give a f*ck about and what to just let be.
A lot of the book just seemed so repetitive and, even with the cussing and hard truths, I kept waiting for him to break out a ukulele and start singing “Kum Ba Yah” or something as hokey. It’s not that I did not enjoy what he was trying to say, it just did not seem revolutionary or ground-breaking. It seemed almost like a daily devotional with Max Lucado and a lot of f-bombs.
It was entertaining enough to continue on, but nothing really stuck with me or made me go, “Hmmm!” I was so hoping this book would slap me in the face , slap my grandma in the face, and teabag me to death with what I needed to hear. But as I said earlier, maybe I am just in a place in my life where this book was not as beneficial as it could have been a few years ago. Maybe my subtle art of not giving a fuck is to actually just not give a f*ck. Am I a No-f*cks-given Sensei? Who knows
I DO still recommend this book to people because everyone is different and each individual will view this book differently and take away different key elements and tips. I am going to settle on giving it a 3.5 out of 5 stars for myself, however, because I just don’t give a f*ck.
One of the things I did like being reminded about, however, is that there are only so many things that we can give a f*ck about. We cannot spread ourselves too thin or there will be nothing left. We have to decide what to give a f*ck about and what to just let be.
A lot of the book just seemed so repetitive and, even with the cussing and hard truths, I kept waiting for him to break out a ukulele and start singing “Kum Ba Yah” or something as hokey. It’s not that I did not enjoy what he was trying to say, it just did not seem revolutionary or ground-breaking. It seemed almost like a daily devotional with Max Lucado and a lot of f-bombs.
It was entertaining enough to continue on, but nothing really stuck with me or made me go, “Hmmm!” I was so hoping this book would slap me in the face , slap my grandma in the face, and teabag me to death with what I needed to hear. But as I said earlier, maybe I am just in a place in my life where this book was not as beneficial as it could have been a few years ago. Maybe my subtle art of not giving a fuck is to actually just not give a f*ck. Am I a No-f*cks-given Sensei? Who knows
I DO still recommend this book to people because everyone is different and each individual will view this book differently and take away different key elements and tips. I am going to settle on giving it a 3.5 out of 5 stars for myself, however, because I just don’t give a f*ck.