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The Observer Book Club with Emma Gannon
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Emma Gannon
Emma Gannon
Join us for a special Observer Book Club evening with writer, broadcaster and podcaster Emma Gannon as she discusses her candid and timely new book, A Year of Nothing.
What happens when you step off the treadmill of constant striving? In an age of side hustles, burnout and endless self-optimisation, Gannon charts a year in which she deliberately does “nothing” in the way the world measures success: no big launches, no grand reinventions, no chasing the next thing. Instead, she experiments with slowness, smaller stakes and saying no.
In the Observer newsroom, Gannon will reflect on what it means to downsize your ambitions without shrinking your life, how to live more gently in a culture of overwork, and why quitting certain dreams can make room for better ones. Together, we’ll ask: What if doing less is the bravest choice? How do you tell the difference between giving up and letting go? And what might a “good” year look like if you stopped keeping score?
Invited experts
Emma Gannon
Emma Gannon
Join us for a special Observer Book Club evening with writer, broadcaster and podcaster Emma Gannon as she discusses her candid and timely new book, A Year of Nothing.
What happens when you step off the treadmill of constant striving? In an age of side hustles, burnout and endless self-optimisation, Gannon charts a year in which she deliberately does “nothing” in the way the world measures success: no big launches, no grand reinventions, no chasing the next thing. Instead, she experiments with slowness, smaller stakes and saying no.
In the Observer newsroom, Gannon will reflect on what it means to downsize your ambitions without shrinking your life, how to live more gently in a culture of overwork, and why quitting certain dreams can make room for better ones. Together, we’ll ask: What if doing less is the bravest choice? How do you tell the difference between giving up and letting go? And what might a “good” year look like if you stopped keeping score?