The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

Author:Sarah Knight

Despite the title being a parody of Marie Kondo’s ‘The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up’, this actually is a genuine attempt at a self-help/personal development book, taken from a slightly different angle.

Whereas Kondo’s book dealt with removing physical clutter from your life, this concentrates on removing mental clutter, and sets little tasks along the way to help you eradicate from your life those responsibilities, tasks, and indeed people, you don’t care about and that don’t ‘bring you joy’.

There is a lot of solid sensible advice in here, despite the light hearted approach, although some of it is really just common sense – as far as you can, do less of what annoys or stresses you and more of what brings you pleasure!

To a British reader, the book is very American in its language and colloquialisms, which can be a bit wearing at times. However, the overall concept is a good one, and this is cerainly well worth a read.

Length of Read:Medium

Might appeal to people who enjoyed…

If you’re looking for a big serious self-help volume then this probably isn’t what you need – but it is funny and does have some useful advice and techniques, presented in a light hearted, irreverent and accessible way. It is actually deeper and far more useful than you might initially think!

One thing you’ve learned

Save your f**ks for things and people you really care about – and f**k all the other stuff off!

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