“The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important”.

“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.”

“The more you desperately want to be rich, the more poor and unworthy you feel”

“If I stop giving a fuck about those things—well, then I’ll never achieve anything. I don’t want that to happen, do I?”

So glad you asked.”

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“Ever notice that sometimes when you care less about something, you do better at it?”

“While not giving a fuck may seem simple on the surface, it’s a whole new bag of burritos under the hood.”

“Our culture today is obsessively focused on unrealistic expectations:be happier”

“You get pissed off at the stupidest, most inane stuff, and you have no idea why. And the fact that you get pissed off so easily starts to piss you off even more.”

“you’re angry at yourself getting angry about being angry”

“And some sixteen-year-old on TV got a Ferrari for her birthday. And another kid just made two billion dollars inventing an app that automatically delivers you more toilet paper when you run out.

Meanwhile, you’re stuck at home flossing your cat. And you can’t help but think your life sucks...