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reviewed The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson (The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, #1)

Mark Manson: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016, Harper) 3 stars

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us …

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4 stars

This is a great book. I listen to most books and find doing so with non-fiction a bit of a challenge because I'm always pausing to take some sort of note. This book was no exception and I created quite a few notes in Google Keep. The dogs kept looking at me like, "Umm, what's the hold up. Get to steppin' old man."

The theory behind this book is that we've grown as a society to give too many fucks about too many things, particularly about things that aren't important. I loved the concepts in chapter 2 of "disappointment panda" and the idea that we might best become happy when we stop focusing on pleasure and happiness but on our values, which would lead to the consideration that we need to choose values based on the level of pain/struggle we are willing to endure for them, not the happiness they bring.