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1 " Doing your best can be exhausting enough without doing everyone else's best while you're at it. "
― Sarah Knight , You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want
2 " I call it the NotSorry Method. It has two steps: 1. Deciding what you don’t give a fuck about 2. Not giving a fuck about those things "
― Sarah Knight , 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
3 " The life-changing magic of not giving a fuck is all about prioritizing. Joy over annoy. "
4 " You may not realize it, but the number of fucks you personally have to give is a finite and precious commodity. "
5 " Not giving a fuck means taking care of yourself first—like affixing your own oxygen mask before helping others. Not giving a fuck means allowing yourself to say no. I don’t want to. I don’t have time. I can’t afford it. Not giving a fuck—crucially—means releasing yourself from the worry, anxiety, fear, and guilt associated with saying no, allowing you to stop spending time you don’t have with people you don’t like doing things you don’t want to do. "
6 " You can’t give of yourself to others if there’s nothing left of yourself to give, can you? "
― Sarah Knight , Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Stop Worrying About What You Should Do So You Can Finish What You Need to Do and Start Doing What You Want to Do (A No F*cks Given Guide)
7 " Not giving a fuck—crucially—means releasing yourself from the worry, anxiety, fear, and guilt associated with saying no, allowing you to stop spending time you don’t have with people you don’t like doing things you don’t want to do. Not "
8 " As someone who grew up in a household full of guilt, I think it’s important for our kids to know that they can make decisions about what to care about, and that they don’t need to pay attention to the approval or condescension of other people in deciding how to live their lives.” Right "
9 " Proven fact: You can never finish something you didn't start. "
10 " The life-changing magic of not giving a fuck is all about prioritizing. Joy over annoy. Choice over obligation. Opinions vs. feelings. "
11 " * An Irish good-bye is when you leave a party or gathering without telling anyone. Highly recommended. "
12 " you need to consider outcomes before committing to giving your fucks. Your time, energy, and/or money spent should result in greater joy for you. "
13 " Instead of walking in every day and thinking, God, this place is a shithole in greyscale, I'm so depressed, you could think, At least I don't have to worry about spilling coffee on this carpet; it can't get any uglier! "
14 " minimizes your annoy (and maximizes your joy) "
15 " Like the IRS, your family exists to fuck with you. "
16 " You’d be like Santa Claus, except instead of toys, you’re walking around with a big ol’ bag of fucks and only doling them out to the boys and girls you deem worthy. "
17 " I do me, you do you! "
18 " I socialized with people I did not like in order to appear benevolent; I performed jobs that were beneath me in order to appear helpful; I ate things that disgusted me in order to appear gracious. In short, I gave way too many fucks for far, far too long. This "
19 " In our society, Sorry! is used as shorthand for anything from "I'm not really sorry, I', just saying that to smooth over whatever I just did/am about to do to you" all the way to a nail-biting "Oh shit, what have I done??? "
20 " Big life changes are made in small, manageable chunks. "
