This paragraph has a lot of swear words. Could you rewrite it to make it sound more polite and simple so a 5th grader could understand it?

People often say the key to confidence and success in life is to simply “not give a fuck.” Indeed, we often refer to the strongest, most admirable people we know in terms of their lack of fucks given. Like “Oh, look at Susie working weekends again, she doesn’t give a fuck.” Or “Did you hear that Tom called the company president an asshole and still got a raise anyway? Holy shit, that dude does not give a fuck.” Or “Jason got up and ended his date with Cindy after 20 minutes. He said he wasn’t going to listen to her bullshit anymore. Man, that guy does not give a fuck.”

Chances are you know somebody in your life who, at one time or another, did not give a fuck and went on to accomplish amazing feats. Perhaps there was a time in your life where you simply did not give a fuck and excelled to some extraordinary heights. I know for myself, quitting my day job in finance after only six weeks and telling my boss that I was going to start selling dating advice online ranks pretty high up there in my own “didn’t give a fuck” hall of fame. Same with deciding to sell most of my possessions and move to South America. Fucks given? None. Just went and did it.

Everybody just wants to be liked and accepted. Except for Tim. Tim doesn't give a fuck.

Now, while not giving a fuck may seem simple on the surface, it’s a whole new bag of burritos under the hood. I don’t even know what that sentence means, but I don’t give a fuck. A bag of burritos sounds awesome, so let’s just go with it.

The point is, most of us struggle throughout our lives by giving too many fucks in situations where fucks do not deserve to be given. We give a fuck about the rude gas station attendant who gave us too many nickels. We give a fuck when a show we liked was canceled on TV. We give a fuck when our coworkers don’t bother asking us about our awesome weekend. We give a fuck when it’s raining and we were supposed to go jogging in the morning.

Fucks given everywhere. Strewn about like seeds in mother-fucking spring time. And for what purpose? For what reason? Convenience? Easy comforts? A pat on the fucking back maybe?

This is the problem, my friend.

Because when we give too many fucks, when we choose to give a fuck about everything, then we feel as though we are perpetually entitled to feel comfortable and happy at all times, that’s when life fucks us.
People say that you'd have to not care too much to get confidence and success. And that's true because we all think the coolest people are the people who don't let something affect them too much. Susie doesn't let the fact she has to work weekends mess with her mood; Tom doesn't let the stress at work stop him from being himself; Jason doesn't let other people's opinions stop him from walking out from an event he doesn't enjoy.

You may know somebody who didn't care about what others thought and did something super cool. Maybe even you did something amazing because you didn't care about what others thought. I know that one of my best moments was when I stopped caring too much and told my boss that I wanted to quit my job because I wanted to sell dating advice. Another of my best moments was selling everything I owned to move to South America. I didn't care too much; I just did it anyway.

Everyone in the world wants to be liked and accepted, but there are some people, like Tim, who don't care much about these things.

Even though not caring about what others think sounds easy, it's actually a whole chunk of fish and chips in it. I'm not sure what I just said, but I don't really care. But hey, fish and chips are lovely, so let's leave the sentence that way.

What I mean is most people care too much all the time, even during times when they shouldn't. We care when someone gives us too many coins. We care when our favorite show gets canceled. We care when our colleagues didn't ask us what we got up to on the weekend. We care when the day we wanted to exercise was a rainy one instead.

People care about this, people care about that. Care is everywhere in the world... But why? What is it for? To make yourself feel like you fit in?

That's the problem.

When we choose to care about everything, we feel like we deserve to be comfortable and happy. That isn't how life works.