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I was telling a friend about how every day, I ask myself 'what would I like to do for work today?' and then get started on it - and I realised it's not…
 • Annie Ridout
The need for sameness
For some, spontaneity and risk-taking offer up a dopamine hit. For others, it’s sameness and repetition that feel more rewarding. Why, then, do we judge…
 • Annie Ridout
Why authors need to be writing on Substack
Publishers are watching Substack writers. These communities of readers who are invested in our longer-form writing. But also: these essays offer a sense…
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I stopped drinking on New Year's Eve
Here's why. How I feel, 90 days in. And what it's done to my social life.
 • Annie Ridout
Are you a morning lark or a night owl?
I had an embarrassingly rude thought about people who have lie-ins, before reminding myself of the research and instead, exploring why I feel resentful.
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She saved the milk for my son
An essay about the kindness of a teaching assistant at my son's school who understood his neurodivergence and helped him to feel welcome.
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On solitude and self-nurture
Is it ok to prefer being alone? Is aloneness only enjoyed when in contrast to otherwise being amongst others? Why are we frowned upon for not liking…
 • Annie Ridout
The power of self-publishing, on Substack
No one can censor you. No one can remove your words and replace them with words you'd never used. No one can tell you the idea isn't right for the…
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Hot cross buns and trying to lay roots
I forgot about small pleasures while in the midst of a mental tornado, moving house seven times in two years. But I realised the storm was clearing when…
 • Annie Ridout
Annie Ridout
Annie Ridout
A bestselling collection of work/life essays through a (newly-discovered) neurodivergent lens. By Annie Ridout (non-fiction author, journalist for nationals, viral poet and Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter)
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