Not caring – or nonchalance – is having a cultural second. Nihilism is in, making an attempt too laborious is cringe, and one of the simplest ways to deal with an usually disappointing world is by not getting that invested. There’s only one drawback: it’s laborious to dwell a significant life with out caring. On this episode of the Being Nicely Podcast, Forrest and Dr. Rick shut 2025 by making the case for wholesome caring: selecting objects of care correctly, prioritizing course of over final result, and cultivating equanimity with out slipping into apathy. They do that by exploring 4 widespread obstacles that preserve folks from caring, sharing sensible methods to work with every of them.
Key Subjects
- 0:00: Intro and the 4 issues with caring
- 6:40: Discovering intrinsic motivation
- 11:05: The folks you admire care, and the those who choose you don’t matter
- 20:22: The dangers of caring: disappointment and going through the “dreaded expertise”
- 33:25: “I don’t care about something”
- 44:01: Managing defeatism and nihilism
- 1:01:25: Recap
Forrest is now writing on Substack, take a look at his work there.
