The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

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In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. We realize how little people pay attention to the superficial details about us and we focus on doing things more for ourselves rather than for others.

The story of his girlfriend cheating on him for example was useful in how we can be responsible and take action for what feel like injustices against us. The epitome of this as a big music fan was the Dave Mustaine and Pete Best stories which I thought articulated the overall theme of the book in the best way possible.His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, Forbes, Vice, CNN, and Vox, among many others.

They say “Fuck it,” not to everything in life, but rather they say “Fuck it” to everything unimportant in life.For the past few years, Manson—via his wildly popular blog—has been working on correcting our delusional expectations for ourselves and for the world. The Subtle Art is not so much about finding happiness as about finding adulthood—which is not so terrible, when you think about it. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. And when he's not talking about himself or his sexual exploits, he's mansplaining Eastern philosophy and reminding us that the key to happiness is the acceptance of our own death, which is the only thing I'm thinking about after finishing this book.

Manson sold more than 250,000 copies of his self-published book, Models: Attract Women Through Honesty . Manson's cheeky but thoughtful opinions combine with in-depth advice in such sections as "You're Wrong About Anything (But So Am I)" and "How To Be a Little Less Certain of Yourself” (hint: “if it’s down to me being screwed up, or everybody else being screwed up, it is far, far, far more likely that I’m the one who’s screwed up”). In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger shows us that the key to being happier is to stop trying to be “positive” all the time and instead to become better at handling adversity. In fact, indifferent people often attempt to be indifferent because in reality they actually give too many fucks. But the point is, if you stop trying to live for some future Happiness High, prioritize what means the most to you now, and live with a fearless attitude towards the future?

With titles like “The Most Important Question of Your Life,” “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” and “No, You Can’t Have It All,” his work was reposted by Elizabeth Gilbert, Chris Hemsworth, Will Smith, and Chelsea Handler. Controversial title aside, the book isn't about just not giving a damn, but about focusing WHAT to not give a damn about. I'm doing the Popsugar 2017 Reading challenge and needed to read a book from a genre I don't usually read. According to the author, there's a line separating what's worth or not giving attention to, and our principles are only valid based on which side of the line we're at.