“On the one hand, it can be a very stressful and difficult time.
But it’s also an opportunity,” Manson tells EW.
“You have all this time now to focus on your relationships.
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It’s an opportunity to change.”
The expletives on his book titles aren’t a gimmick.
They’re a way of life, man.
Manson has a new Audible originalLove Is Not Enoughthat is available to download today.
Hopefully, some of what you hear can be used during our quarantine.
Mark Manson:Stress, in general, either makes the relationship stronger or it breaks it.
Now it’s possible for you to’t do that.
it is scary on the one hand, but I think it can be a really good thing.
How do people even begin to have those conversations?
Honesty is the best policy.
It’s very emotionally difficult to have these conversations.
But there’s not.
I think we need to talk about a few things."
People are working longer hours than they have in like, multiple generations.
There’s a little bit of forgotten intimacy.
I’m texting with friends every day that I haven’t texted in a year or two.
Strangely, it’s actually a great time to kind of reconnect with people.
I recently went and readEverything is F*cked: A Book About Hope.
I think a lot of people are saying that to themselves right now.
What are some principles from that book you would prescribe for people during this uncertain time?
It’s easy to let our minds imagine all sorts of catastrophic scenarios.
I’ve been writing about this pretty much non-stop for the last three weeks.
Actually, the book is about figuring out what you care about.
A virus that can potentially kill millions of people is pretty much top of that list.
Is it possible that people are misconstruing that and thinking that this is one of those cases?
I think so, unfortunately.
We’ve got a little bit of a boy who cried wolf problem.
They’re like “Oh it’s just the media overreacting again.”
And unfortunately, that just makes it worse.
For somebody like me who is still out in the market looking for a significant other right now.
Do we just chalk up these next few months?
What do we do at this point?
Is this now time to really step up my Facebook messaging game?
What’s the rule here for dating under the quarantine?
Maybe it forces people to have a little bit more of an organic approach through talking to friends.
But I don’t know, I think that’s just me like desperately trying to be an optimist.
Love Is Not Enoughis availablenow on Audible.
