Spontaneous
As F*ck.
The Art of Saying Yes and Living Life Unscripted
Not a self-help book. A field guide for people who are done waiting for someday. Built from real stories, a real philosophy, and eighteen chapters of proof that the life you want is available right now — not after the next promotion, not when the kids are older, not someday when things settle down.
- 18 Chapters
- Real Stories
- TEDx Author
- South Florida
Real stories. Not recycled airport-book wisdom.
The Longboard Kid at Hana Airstrip
A jungle pizza place with no sign. A bartender's suggestion. A kid dropping a board on the tarmac and skating into the trees without explaining himself to anyone.
"Follow your curiosity."
The Tiki Barge
A text sent on a whim. A Florida anniversary trip. Two people with a camera and a running joke. The best origin stories are accidents.
"One yes can change everything."
Austin and the Figurine
A BBQ line in 100-degree Texas heat. A hotel pool through a conveniently unlocked gate. A man with a briefcase in a dark theater. The thing about ripples is you can't always see where they travel.
"Trust the ripple effect."
The Passport in Maine
A lost passport. A denied replacement. A European cruise that wasn't happening. Seven people on a beach in Hawaii who wouldn't have been there any other way.
"The pivot question works."
The Salty Nuts Crew
A broken belt on a snowmobile trail in Wisconsin. A specialty shot. A name that stuck. How communities get built — not through strategy, but through one person deciding something good is better shared.
"Collect the unrepeatable ones."
Pete and the Trumpet
A grandfather. A trumpet he never played. A skydiving trip that almost happened. The window that closes for everyone — and the one question that makes it matter.
"Right now. Not someday."
"The life you didn't live doesn't haunt you loudly. It just quietly fails to exist."
— Spontaneous As F*ck, Chapter 0 Not sure which voice is running yours? Take the free 3-minute Program Audit →A field guide. Not a self-help sermon.
Most books in this space give you frameworks and tell you to believe in yourself. This one gives you stories and asks you one question: whose life are you actually living?
Chris Abazis spent years saying yes before he knew the answer — to the unlocked gate, the coast road, the invitation he almost declined. Then he started watching other people do the same thing and noticed the pattern. Spontaneity isn't a personality type. It's a practice. And every single person who's ever had an extraordinary moment had it because they said yes to something they didn't plan.
The book is that argument, made eighteen times over, through real stories, real people, and a philosophy that was road-tested before it was written down.
- ✗A productivity system dressed up as a lifestyle philosophy
- ✗A collection of studies and neuroscience explaining why you should feel more alive
- ✗Written by someone who sounds like LinkedIn learned to speak
- ✗Asking you to blow up your life or quit your job or move to Bali
- ✗Recycled airport-book wisdom with a new cover
- →Funny. Genuinely. The Bourdain documentary scene alone.
- →Honest. Including the parts where the author got it wrong.
- →Specific. Real names, real places, real moments that happened.
- →Practical. Every chapter ends with something to actually do.
- →Yours. The philosophy is transferable. The stories prove it.
Nine principles. One oath.
The book builds the argument behind each one.
"She is a zen frog and 'I'll cut you' occupying the same body simultaneously. This is the highest compliment I know how to give."
— Chris Abazis on Ang · Spontaneous As F*ck, The Prologue
Read the damn book.
Spontaneous AF isn't about being reckless. It's about getting out of your own way, saying yes more often, embracing discomfort, and creating a life worth telling stories about.
Just want something to read alongside the book? Grab the free companion guide — it's a chapter-by-chapter read-along, not a replacement for the printed workbook. (Taking the free 7-Day Challenge gets you its own free challenge workbook too.) The printed Complete Workbook bundles both of those plus the daily morning practice into one physical copy.
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