The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do (A No F*cks Given Guide Book 1)

by Sarah Knight

“Unfollow” is one of the easiest ways to not give a fuck ever invented.

I follow few people, otherwise, my entire day would be consumed.

Threat level orange: Medium-tough fucks to stop giving This is when you move on to fucks that are clearly unreasonable drains on your time, energy, or wallet. The stuff that—while it may affect other people or require a conversation about opinions and/or feelings—is still, objectively, not your problem. Don’t give a fuck that your forty-year-old

Threat level red: The hardest fucks to stop giving

Simply check “RSVP Regrets” on the response card and send a gift.

children? First, you need to make it clear that it’s not just their children—it’s all children! In that

(Focus: Do you give a fuck about what they think?)

Not hurting people’s feelings and not getting caught in a lie is the purest form of NotSorry. You have nothing to agonize over or apologize for.

Times when full-blown honesty is perhaps not the best policy

Delegate the recycling to your spouse or roommates and give it not another fuck. Plausible deniability. Look it up.

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck is for people who are exhausted by presenting a façade of interest, enthusiasm, and conformity to the rest of the world. It is about empowering them (you) to feel free to be themselves (yourselves) and live their (your) best lives.

Unsolicited e-mail, answering of.

What’s the point of gossiping with someone wearing headphones? Exactly.

Mr. Burns has a thousand monkeys typing at a thousand typewriters, the idea being that if given enough time, the monkeys could produce the works of Dickens.

ALL LEVELS: I suggest that every time you encounter a corporate mission statement, rather than reading/absorbing it, you instead spend two minutes imagining a roomful of monkeys smoking cigars and happily click-clacking away. I honestly think that would be more useful to you.

The wedding that takes place over a holiday weekend

You can communicate your decision to not spend your time, energy, or money on something in a totally G-rated fashion

It’s to pare away the fucks that don’t bring you joy, paving the way for the fucks that do.

You’ve lost only those friends you didn’t really like anyway, and you’ve avoided making new ones you don’t need. Not

identifying the people and things that bring you the most pleasure and satisfaction,

Will Rogers once said, “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people that they don’t like.” Sing it, sister!

Mental decluttering is even better than physical decluttering

Retirement is not working AND NOT THINKING ABOUT WORK

traditional definition of the soul as some ethereal life force separate from our physical beings,

Step 2 often requires some action on your part—declining an invitation, saying no to a meeting, explaining your latest personal policy.

I’ve helped coworkers see the light when it comes to useless paperwork, helped friends make better decisions regarding the use of their vacation days, and even aided my own parents in giving fewer fucks.

You’ll find that not giving a fuck about some things does NOT necessarily result, over time, in an equal replacement of fucks given to other things. You’ll probably discover

don’t have to be weighed down by their narrow-mindedness or insecurity. Your