This is a
chapter-by-chapter summary of a book by Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to
Living a Good Life (2016) series. One chapter, one article. Read this
summary, buy the book. Enjoy!
“Ultimately the only way to achieve meaning
and a sense of importance in one’s life is through a rejection of alternative,
a narrowing of freedom, a choice of commitment to one place, one belief or
(gulp) one person”
(Mark Manson)
By attempting to “have it
all” you can easily end up having nothing. This is what Manson discovered after
years of travelling the world, thinking he was living the high life. He would
float from city to city, and from bed to bed, never staying long enough to
commit to friends or lovers. But what he thought at first was freedom turned
out to mean nothing. Eventually, Manson returned to the United States, settled
down in one city and married to one woman. Giving up the idea of freedom he had
held while travelling allowed him to develop a family and community that gave
his life more meaning than ever before.
This is not to say that
travelling is not valuable, or that everyone ought to commit to family life. Rather,
it means that at some point you have to
choose what is important to you and discard what is not important. Manson
realized that family and community was important, and therefore he had to say no to travel around the globe. Rejecting
certain choices defined Manson – he created a new identity for himself based on
what he discarded.
F#ck! Learn
how and when to say – NO.
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