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No F*cks Given Podcast

21. Relationship Tips: Fitting People Back Into Your F*ck Budget After the Pandemic

No F*cks Given Podcast

Sarah Knight and Cadence13

Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

This week is an entire episode dedicated to relationships—be they with friends, family, or significant others. The pandemic has put a lot of strain on you and your loved ones, in some cases due to distance and in others, due to living on top of one another for over a year with little to no personal space. It’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to reconnect with some folks and get much-needed space from others. And all of it comes down to balancing your F*ck Budget! To help you do it, Sarah Knight presents a 3-tiered system for thinking about your relationships the same way you think about other important things in your life, assigning them value, and setting goals for them. She offers tips for maintaining, improving, or even dissolving them if need be. As always, listen to the end for the NFG tip of the week! Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Radio.com, or wherever you get your podcasts. New episode every Tuesday. Today’s topics: The toll the pandemic has taken on relationships Too much distance? Or not nearly enough?! 3 ways to consider your relationships: maintain, improve, dissolve Tips for maintaining, including “Hi maintenance is low maintenance” Single-tasking show you care! Falling out of touch and how to fix it – or deciding you don’t want to Tips for improving, including the Relationship Relay Using GYST Theory to iron out relationship kinks Dissolving a relationship that no longer serves you NFG Tip of the Week: “Mutual Veto Power” Visit www.nofucksgivenguides.com for more information and to sign up for the No F*cks Given Newsletter. Follow on Instagram and Facebook @nofucksgivenguides and Twitter @nofucksgiven. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, hello, you're listening to The No Fuck's Given Podcast.

0:09.8

I'm your host Sarah Knight, author of The No Fuck's Given Guides, a series of self-help

0:14.8

books for people like me who hate being told what to do.

0:18.8

Just like the books, the podcast is fun, sweary, and full of tips and techniques for giving

0:23.7

fewer better books and living your best life.

0:26.7

Let's get to it!

0:29.2

And as always, I want to thank you so much for listening.

0:32.1

In fact, the day that I am sitting here recording episode 21 of The No Fuck's Given Podcast

0:37.9

is the very day that we hit one million downloads on this show.

0:43.5

I've only been at this podcasting game for a few short months and I cannot tell you how

0:48.6

blown away I am by the response and how grateful I am for everybody who's listening, recommending

0:53.5

it to a friend, rating and reviewing it, and especially following on Apple Podcasts

0:58.8

and Spotify and Stitcher and all the places that you get your podcasts.

1:02.1

It's really just been a totally wild ride and I am really grateful.

1:05.9

So thanks so much and welcome to episode 21.

1:09.9

This week I want to talk about relationships.

1:13.7

You might know if you are a loyal listener that I have a monthly advice column called You

1:18.2

Asked For It, where I answer listener questions and a lot of the questions that have been

1:23.4

coming to my inbox over the last couple of months have been about relationships.

1:28.6

Interpersonal relationships be they with friends and family or romantic partners.

1:33.8

And what this says to me is that the pandemic has taken a toll, both on people who live

1:39.0

together and on people who have not seen each other for 14 months or have seen very little

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