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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by astockwell on Thursday May 25, 2017 @04:56PM (#14420098)
Indeed, as Mark Manson puts it[1]: "For a relationship to be healthy, both parties need to be able to both give and receive rejection". Eye-opening for me, and explained many of the unhealthy relationships in my life (including employee-employer dynamics).

[1] https://markmanson.net/books/subtle-art (quasi-NSFW)

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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday May 25, 2017 @08:17PM (#14421128)
I am at work, but I don't give a fuck.

This is the best thing I've read for a long time:

"Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times, that’s when life fucks us."[1]

1. https://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck

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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by Bakary on Thursday May 25, 2017 @09:35PM (#14421510)
Isn't that just repackaged Stoicism?
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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by belenos46 on Friday May 26, 2017 @01:02PM (#14425547)
And I choose to feel okay about that.
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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by Bakary on Friday May 26, 2017 @10:01PM (#14428530)
Come to think about it, it would be ironic if you didn't!
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Re:Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) by toothbrush on Thursday May 25, 2017 @10:23PM (#14421650)
Very strange! I recently read a similarly-titled book by a certain Sarah Knight! I think my friend meant to recommend Manson's book, and i ended up ordering and reading Knight's months ago, and only figured out now that there might have been a miscommunication. Haha, thanks HN.
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