Aisha 's Key Ideas from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
by Mark Manson

Narrowing choices, specialising and committing to a single thing is more fulfilling than having a bit of several things

However, one should still venture and explore other options or ideas or places so as to have a broad perspective. After which one can then choose to settle on sometjing

The sooner one realises that the world doesn't owe one anything neither does one owe the world anything, the better one's life would be.

You are not special and shouldn't be treated any different

Taking responsibility for your life is choosing how to react and deal with situations that you find yourself in

It also means owning up to faults when one is in the wrong

Responsibility And Fault are not the same thing

For example, sometimes in life, we are dealt a bad hand, that isnt our fault but we still have to find ways to deal with it and taresponsibility

Ernst Becker in his famous book, the denial of death says there is our physical self and our conceptual self

The physical self is the body, who eats, sleeps, drinks etc

The conceptual self is the idea of ourselves

We know we are going to die and are terrified of it and in an attempt to not truly die, we embark on projects and try to imprint on the world, building hospitals, making discoveries, spending time with family and loved ones and stuff so even long after we're dead, we havent been forgotten and dont really die.

And that's truly worth giving a fck about

We should think about death more often. Accepting the fragility of your life and that you would die someday not only liberates you but also helps you in living a more guided and mindful life

Stop being afraid and start living a