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A Year of Nothing
Book • 2023
In 'A Year of Nothing', Emma Gannon shares her personal journey of dealing with existential burnout and taking a year off to rediscover herself.
The book, split into two volumes across four seasons, explores themes of simplicity, nature, and personal growth.
It reflects on her experiences with dog borrowing, dopamine dressing, and learning to swim again, highlighting the wisdom found in mundane life experiences.
The book, split into two volumes across four seasons, explores themes of simplicity, nature, and personal growth.
It reflects on her experiences with dog borrowing, dopamine dressing, and learning to swim again, highlighting the wisdom found in mundane life experiences.
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Mentioned as a book Emma Gannon had done with The Pound Project.

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#162: Natalie Lue — Publishing Mini-Memoirs, Writing Difficult Truths, Choosing Indie Publishing
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as a memoir she wrote during a burnout period, which she is re-releasing next year.

Emma Gannon

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Choosing Love Over Fear: Finding Joy, Confidence, and Self-Trust with Emma Gannon
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as one of the books by women focusing on the pleasures of giving up the likes of ambition.

Stephen Carroll

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as one of the books focusing on the pleasures of giving up.

Stephen Carroll

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How to Cope with Burnout with Emma Gannon
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as the book for February in the Happy Place Book Club, exploring burnout and quiet rebellion against constant striving.

Fearne Cotton

Louise Thompson: Maternity care is bleak! Mental and physical scars of my traumatic birth
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as the February read for the Happy Place Book Club.


Fearne Cotton

Book Club Meets: Grief, women in history, and Elizabethan magic, with Maggie O’Farrell
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as the Happy Place Book Club pick and discussed by ![undefined]()

about stepping back from burnout and doing less.

Fearne Cotton

Emma Gannon

Book Club Meets: “I was burnt out!” Live a slower life, with Emma Gannon



