Archive - Annie Ridout

We're moving out of my parents' house

Here's how the past seven months of multigenerational living has been.

Jul 24 •

Intuitive posting on social media

How to post what you want, when you want - rather than getting caught up in the outcome of what you're putting out into the world...

Jul 22 •

Why I started another Substack

for parents of neurodivergent children.

Jul 21 •

She made me cry.

Well, tears pricked the edges of my eyes, which is about the closest I get to crying in public.

Jul 19 •

Writers’ workshop REPLAY

Follow the coaching prompts to work out what kind of writer you’d like to be and what you definitely don’t want to do…

Jul 18 •

How to succeed on Substack

(Spoiler: there are no rules you'll need to follow. You get to create your own.)

Jul 18 •

What kind of writer do you want to be?

Author? Journalist? Poet? Substacker? Blogger? Microblogger? Copywriter? Or perhaps you're not sure because the ego says one thing and the heart says…

Jul 16 •

I'm moving onto a narrowboat

Ok, not quite. But it's a flat in the shape of a narrowboat, with a similar square-footage, so I'm getting inspiration from #narrowboatliving on…

Jul 15 •

If I didn’t have to work

A poem about what I'd be doing, right now, if I didn't have to work.

Jul 12 •

On intrinsic and extrinsic motivation

Or, in other words: why some people (adults and children) are more driven and productive than others.

Jul 9 •

This has been my unofficial mantra for the year. Here's how I've learned, at last, to practise my patience...

Jul 3 •

For women whose kids are struggling

I'm running a 90-minute weekend coaching workshop for women whose kids are having a hard time. This is time to think about 'you'. Would you like to…

Jul 2 •

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