Sitemap - 2025 - Annie Ridout

Work goals are out, life goals are in

Closing notes.

Was it a mistake leaving London?

Apparently, I’m an intense person.

Should our art be free?

The power of the personal essay

I’m pausing my Substack for a month.

How to be a proper adult

Self-discipline.

Dear diary, what do I ask the moon for?

How to be happy from now on

The truth about my first book deal

The visual side of Substack

7 rebellious rules to live by

Becoming a poet.

Getting 100 paid subscribers on Substack

Age before goal, not goal before age

On trying to fit in (and stand out)

Adding the paywall on Substack

I've shrunk.

10 questions to bring back the magic

Living out of a suitcase

The crunch of a woollen glove

Am I still a free spirit?

Why women become useless at 40

Meet Order and Chaos (both me)

The cost of being a woman

Coming back after rejection

I'm shedding a skin

It actually happened.

What raving taught me about friendship

Do we actually need feedback?

The success timeline

You make the ordinary feel cinematic

The Writer: Rosamund Dean, journalist and author

A ceremony for letting go

This matters more than a book deal

The Writer: Anna Whitwham, author and lecturer

Writers need to be entrepreneurs.

Why haven't I told you this already?

The Writer: Ellen C Scott, author, journalist, editor

If I can succeed on Substack, so can you

Will I lose friends if I stop drinking?

The Writer: Poorna Bell, author and journalist

How it feels to be 40

Tricking the Substack system is not a solid strategy

A sensual start to the week

AI: go all in, or boycott?

The dreaded plateau on Substack

I used to be successful.

The problem with Substack

Slow ambition: the antidote to burnout

I'm having an unusual midlife crisis

I want to know about you.

Three lessons from our trip to Paris

What do you want, right now?

I'm interested in men again.

Why I didn't get a fourth book deal

The day I realised I was mad

The art of surrendering.

There's something you don’t know about me.

That woman you're jealous of?

0 people signed up to my course

I want to take a sabbatical.

What if a launch felt exciting?

Why people will pay for your Substack

I need cancel my course. It isn't good enough

I'm bored of Substack.

40 things before I turn 40

An Easter trip to Dingle in Ireland

I'm speaking a new love language

Some homes matter more than others.

Instagram is NOT over.

Have I taken on too much?

I keep getting trolled.

The Creativity Scale

How to age like an artist

How I earned over £7000 in January

Find micro, meso and macro pleasures

This isn’t work. Or is it?

I was offered $5000 to train AI on my writing

Money talk. Because creatives need it too

The art of domesticity

Let's talk about Instagram.

It's not procrastination, it's LIFE

Will a tidy home tidy my mind?

The Creative Way manifesto

Sorry, that is just not creative.

The seven deadly sins are a must.

A major publisher wanted my poetry collection

The Creative Way to be a freelance writer

I lost 31 paid subscribers ($2130) in December