The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k by Sarah Knight. If I'm honest, I'm not much of a reader. However, I read one book during a spell of pandemic boredom last year: The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k by Sarah Knight. As a classic people pleaser, personally and professionally, being permitted to own my time and find confidence in saying no without a 30-page list of excuses was incredibly empowering. The lessons of the read are things I still carry with me a year on.