How to not give a fuck

Mark Manson presents a compelling argument in a blog called “The Art of Not Giving a Fuck”.  I’ve adopted a similar philosophy over the past two years and attest that it has resulted in marked more happiness and life-satisfaction.  There are certain aspects of life that certain require caring about, but we tend to care waaaay too much about things that don’t matter all that much.  Pro sports games.  Reality tv (actually most tv of any kind).  Kardashians.  Miley Cyrus.  What our neighbor/coworker/significant other may think of us or judge us if we do/say a certain thing.  How we are perceived by others around us.  Unless you actually buy into George Berkeley’s nonsense idea of mind-dependent reality (“Esse est Percipi”), none of these things actually matter.  I advocate giving a f**k about the small number of things that actually matter (e.g. your health, your happiness, engaging meaningfully with people who are important to you like your close friends and/or family, your passions/goals/”purpose”), and for the rest of the trivial detritus and gossip (c.f. Heidegger’s “das gerede”), just let go of it; it’s meaningless.  I recommend the 12 minute read.