Annie Ridout

Annie Ridout

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I don't want to rest.

I want to create and produce and earn money and feel fulfilled. And I need to do these things, too. But everyone says women should rest more and so sometimes, I get myself in a muddle.

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Annie Ridout
Feb 29, 2024
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Since moving back to London, early January, I have found myself filled with this productive energy and I’m so enjoying it.

For a while, it disappeared.

I was living in Somerset, dropping the kids at school and then sometimes sitting at my desk, idly, wondering what work to do.

I had no new ideas for courses dropping in and my writing work was confusing me.

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