It ' s a collective term you fucking idiot . <| sep |> Why is this not a flyingwater pokemon ? <| sep |> Raw potatoes tho ? <| sep |> This was my post to someone else who wanted some good books to read because he felt worthless and felt like his life was going downhill . Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck is a good book for you because he explains a lot of examples similar to yours . He gives an example of a friend whose life was a complete mess . but he didn ' t give a fck about it and in turn he turned into a bigger success than anyone he knows only because he didn ' t give a fck about what was going on . He doesn ' t teach you to be passive . He DOES say ' The world doesn ' t owe you anything ', ' Get up and try again ! ', ' Stop thinking your life needs to be perfect ', etc . It really is helpful regardless of the title that may throw people off . It isn ' t about NOT caring about your life . At first , he explained that people will be terrible financially . career wise . you won ' t live in a mansion . etc . This threw me off . I imagine myself being financially successful , having a family , and living in a nice development . But that ' s the thing I IMAGINE myself doing it ! The imagination is just as a good satisfaction than actually working toward it and having it . Another Author said this that we would rather think about something than doing it . This Author is Daniel Gilbert who wrote ' Stumbling on Happiness '. So the Author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck explains that we must work towards a better career , better finances , and a better life . You CAN become the person you want ! Not Giving a Fck doesn ' t mean you don ' t care about those goals but it ' s that you WORK towards those goals and you don ' t give a fck about setbacks . You become that guy that doesn ' t care about his issues that hold him back . It ' s interesting . at first I was skeptical about the book because it seemed like he was just saying ' Fck goals , careers , relationships , dreams , money , etc . ' But really he was saying ' Fck caring about those things that STOP you from goals , careers , relationships , dreams , money , etc . '