Book Summary: Get Your Shit Together - Sarah Knight

1. #GYST

2. The Magic of Not Giving a F*** by Sarah Knight | TEDxCoconutGrove

3. Maintain Your Valued Relationships

3.1. Always being accommodating isn't necessarily the best way to nurture a romantic relationship

3.2. Instead, get competitive!

3.2.1. Compete to be the nicest, most helpful, most loving person in the relationship

3.3. With this new mindset, even mundane tasks turn from annoying chores to acts of love, which also score you points in your competition

3.3.1. You don't have to take them on a big romantic trip to Paris - small, affectionate gestures expressed on a regular basis are more effective in the long run

4. Get Your Professional Shit Together

4.1. Step #1

4.1.1. Appear confident

4.1.1.1. This is crucial for gaining the respect of others

4.1.1.2. Start by emulating your confident colleagues

4.2. Step #2

4.2.1. Ask the right questions

4.2.1.1. Explicitly ask your boss what you need to do to reach your professional goals

4.2.1.2. You have nothing to lose, only knowledge to gain

5. Harness the Power of Negative Thinking to Improve Your Health

5.1. Change the way you think about your fitness goals

5.1.1. Compare how much you hate going to the gym with how much you hate being unfit/overweight

5.1.2. If you hate being unfit/overweight more than going to the gym, then clearly that's what you should do

5.2. Your health goals don't need to be radical

5.3. Set goals that really fit you - your personality, your body, your lifestyle

6. Learn to Cope with Your Anxiety

6.1. Strategy #1

6.1.1. Be proactive

6.1.1.1. Face the situation head on

6.1.1.2. Use this strategy when there's no way to move on without being proactive

6.2. Strategy #2

6.2.1. Do nothing

6.2.1.1. Consciously decide to do nothing

6.2.1.2. Ignore the situation and hope the problems will resolve themselves

7. About the Book

7.1. Published

7.1.1. December 2016

7.1.2. Little, Brown and Company

7.1.3. This book is part of the NFGGs - No fucks given guides

7.2. Author

7.2.1. Sarah Knight

7.2.1.1. Sarah Knight spent 15 years working as a book editor in New York City before she started writing the NFGGs and became an "anti-guru".

7.2.2. Website

7.2.2.1. @MCSnugz

7.2.2.1.1. Official Hashtag:

7.3. Which Questions Does This Book Answer?

7.3.1. How to follow through with goals and promises you make to yourself

7.3.2. How to harness the power of negative thinking

7.3.3. How to get your shit together if you don't know how to get started

7.4. Get it on Amazon

8. Allocate Time to Achieve Realistic Goals

8.1. Step #1

8.1.1. Start with a Goal

8.1.1.1. Don't set the bar too high

8.1.1.2. Unreachable goals only discourage you

8.1.2. Instead, aim for realistic progress

8.1.2.1. And don't set goals based on other people's expectations or measurements

8.2. Step #2

8.2.1. Establish a better relationship with time

8.2.2. Improve your time-management skills by understanding where you actually spend your time

8.2.2.1. Time your routine tasks

8.2.3. Then create a weekly schedule that takes into account how long you actually need for your daily tasks AND contains the things you need to be doing to reach your goals

9. Get House Proud

9.1. Step #1

9.1.1. Do a one-off decluttering session in your house

9.2. Step #2

9.2.1. Make a plan for the long-term tidiness of your home

9.2.1.1. Break your housework up into bitesized chunks / categories

9.2.1.2. Commit to doing 1-2 chunks every other day

9.2.1.3. You probably don't need more than 20 minutes per chunk