25. Just F*cking Deal With It! (Tips on Problem-Solving)

No F*cks Given Podcast

Sarah Knight and Cadence13

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

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Life is hard. Sh*t happens. And you? You have to deal with it. Not every problem can be completely solved, but a lot of them can be—or at least be made a lot less bad—if you can approach them rationally and logically. As luck would have it, this is Sarah Knight’s specialty! This week’s episode is focused on what happens after you calm the f*ck down (per episodes 10, 11, and 23) and how to roll up your sleeves and successfully deal with whatever total sh*tstorm has befallen you. Enjoy, and 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: Yup, it’s a total sh*tstorm Dealing with it: the spectrum The Full Fix, Salvage Job, and Basic Survival The 3 Principles of Dealing With It Take stock Identify your RIO (Realistic Ideal Outcome) Triage Examples of the 3 Principles in action NFG Tip of the Week: Get Bent! (You gotta be flexible) 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.
0:09.6	I'm your host, Sarah Knight, author of The No Fuck's Given Guides, a series of self-help
0:14.0	books for people like me who hate being told what to do.
0:17.9	Just like the books, the podcast is fun, sweary, and full of tips and techniques for giving
0:22.6	fewer, better books and living your best life.
0:25.5	Let's get to it!
0:27.8	Next and as always, thank you so much for listening.
0:30.9	We are six months in to The No Fuck's Given Podcast, getting close to the end of season
0:35.0	one here.
0:36.4	And I have spent a lot of time explaining to you over the course of the last six months
0:40.8	how to calm the fuck down.
0:43.0	I focused on it in episodes 10 and 11 and again in episode 23.
0:48.0	So now, I want to devote an entire episode to what comes next, which is just fucking
0:54.7	dealing with it, whatever it is.
0:57.6	You've calmed the fuck down about it, now you have to deal with it.
1:00.8	You have to solve the problem.
1:03.4	If you need a refresher on anxiety management, you can go back to those episodes I just mentioned,
1:08.2	but basically, what we're talking about here is my tried and true three pronged approach,
1:13.7	which is, acknowledge, accept, address.
1:17.5	You have to acknowledge the shit that's happened to you, or that's about to happen.
1:21.5	You have to accept the reality of the situation, aka the things you cannot control.
1:27.4	And then you have to address what you can control.
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