Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Welcome
4. A fucking disclaimer
5. Introduction
6. Tidying up your fuck drawer
7. The art of mental decluttering
8. The magic of not giving a fuck
9. I
10. On giving, and not giving, a fuck
11. Why should I give a fuck?
12. Not giving a fuck: The basics
13. Who are these mythical people who don’t give a fuck?
14. Children, assholes, and the enlightened
15. How can I become one of those people?
16. You need to stop giving a fuck about what other people think
17. Feelings vs. opinions
18. Making a Fuck Budget
19. What about people who can’t stop giving a fuck about you not giving a fuck?
20. In summation
21. A visualization exercise
22. II
23. Deciding not to give a fuck
24. Your mind is a barn
25. Sort your fucks into categories
26. Things
27. What are some things I may or may not give a fuck about?
28. Ten things about which I, personally, do not give a fuck
29. Includes basketball, Taylor Swift, and feigning sincerity
30. A few more things
31. Includes “glamping,” napkin rings, and the Olympics
32. Work
33. Meetings
34. Conference calls
35. Dress codes
36. Useless paperwork
37. Polar bears and half-marathons
38. Oh, she’s got a reputation
39. This is not useless paperwork
40. A note on degree of difficulty
41. Friends, acquaintances, and strangers
42. Setting boundaries
43. Solicitations, donations, and loans, oh my!
44. Personal policies
45. Things you might have a personal policy against
46. RSVP’ing no means no
47. The tiny little elephant in the room
48. Things even parents don’t give a fuck about
49. Sometimes it’s okay to hurt people’s feelings
50. So… do I have any friends left?
51. Family
52. When a cigar is not just a cigar and a teacup is not just a teacup
53. Survey says…
54. Am I my brother’s keeper?
55. Vote no on giving a fuck!
56. Refuse to play the shame game
57. Holidays: A personal policy
58. In-laws
59. The homestretch
60. Consolidating your lists
61. Do not underestimate the drain of infrequent fuck-giving
62. Giving a fuck
63. III
64. Not giving a fuck
65. The holy fucking trinity: Time, energy, and money
66. Baby steps
67. Threat level yellow: Easy fucks to stop giving
68. Threat level orange: Medium-tough fucks to stop giving
69. Threat level red: The hardest fucks to stop giving
70. A pep talk
71. Honesty: A sliding scale
72. Different fucks, same principle
73. (Includes recycling, social media, and coworkers’ kids)
74. You wondered when we’d get to weddings, didn’t you?
75. Old fucks, new fucks, borrowed fucks, blue fucks
76. Getting cold feet? Revisit your personal policies
77. Performance bonuses!
78. FUQs
79. Getting more from the fucks you do (or don’t) give
80. IV
81. The magic of not giving a fuck dramatically transforms your life
82. A fuck not given is something gained
83. Your fucks affect your body, mind, and soul
84. Another way to give no fucks
85. Paying it forward
86. Knowing what you can do without
87. Things about which you should probably be giving more fucks
88. You do you
89. Fuck the haters
90. On achieving enlightenment
91. Afterword
92. Acknowledgments
93. About the author
94. Newsletters
95. Copyright