Question

1) Is The Magic of not giving a fuck it persuasive? 2) What point is The Magic of not giving fuck trying to make? 3) How does the magic of not giving a fuck use storytelling? 4) Do you feel a call to action by the end of her speech?

Answer 1

YES, she is persuasive, when she makes mental decluttering, appear a simple and effective to improve the overall quality of one’s life.

The point the book is trying to make:

In the book The Magic of not giving a f*k, the author Sarah Knight discusses the act of mental decluttering. By this she means, choosing not to spend one’s time, money and energy on things that do not matter.

She gives the example of arriving at this through the example of her own life wherein she wasn’t happy despite being reasonably successful. On analyzing she hits upon the reason and that mostly is about wasting her available time, money and energy on doing things that did not matter to her much.

The method, she calls the “not sorry” method. Using the word NO politely and honestly when it needs to be used. Choose Joy over Annoy, Choice over obligation.

She discusses making a “f*k budget”, same as one would make a budget with money. The process is quite simple she insists. It’s a two-step process. The first is to decide what you don’t give a f*k about and the second is actually not giving a f*k about it.

How does the magic……storytelling?

She gives examples from her own life and illustrates using specific examples of events and occasions where people generally are obligated to attend. She suggests doing it by moving from simple to complex. Simple, in the sense that it affects only you, later on to something that affects you and one other person and finally when it affects a whole lot of people.

Do you feel a call to action by the end of her speech?

A clear yes to that.In a consumerist culture, where people and organizations are jostling to get into your headspace and hog yout time, money and energy; it makes sense to pause and prioritize. The urge to act is immediate and a very strong one at that.