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A year of learning, rather than living.
Here are some of the lessons I've learned.
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A Christmas gift (worth £99)
To say thank you for being here, supporting me and my writing.
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How to go viral on Instagram
Several of my poems and passages have gone viral. Here, I'll teach you how to create your own potentially-viral posts.
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It bloody well worked.
I found a notebook with a specific manifestation technique I'd tried a year ago and realised I am quite literally SITTING IN MY MANIFESTATION.
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It’s time for a new relationship.
This is the era of courting myself.
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Maybe we don't need the bigger life
Maybe some of us - most of us; all of us? - need a smaller life. Less. Less pressure, less debt, less expectation. Also: notes on friendship, ghosting…
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The truth about writing on Substack
(Spoiler: it's a good truth)
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Personal news.
On the one hand, I’m an over-sharer.
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The seven rules for business success
I've spent 10 years working as a freelance writer and running my own online business, from home, around three children. Now, I'm going to share the…
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AM I A DRAMA QUEEN?
(Using capitals to add a bit of drama. Might, instead, just elicit some instant unsubscribes.)
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Why are you here?
I'd love to know what brought you to my Substack and what you'd like more/less of so that I can keep this community going and growing...
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This is my new beginning
I went to Cheltenham to hear my favourite poet speak. Everyone said I should meet her, so I did. That was a low point. But everything else was…
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Am I unusual?
Is anyone, actually, 'usual'?
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Sorry, who am I, again?
This question has prompted me to re-think my Substack, buy a new book (two, actually) and start a weekly discussion group. I hope you'll join me.
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A bestselling collection of work/life essays that will get you thinking and doing. Ranking global top 30 in Philosophy. By Annie Ridout (author, journalist, poet).
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