Welcome to Annie Scott’s Wankery Watch!
Wankery. noun.
Important-sounding pointlessness. Received wisdom peddled by others that makes you feel less than. Bullshit you’d be happier without.
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
I’m Annie - potty-mouthed dog enthusiast, burned-out former FTSE 100 comms director, recovering self-help addict, and your friendly neighbourhood anti-bullshit merchant in the Cotswolds.
I started Wankery Watch because modern life is drowning in advice, optimisation, wellness trends and cultural nonsense that quietly makes people feel like they’re doing life wrong.
It’s not self-help. It’s more… self-unhelp. Less fixing yourself. Less optimising. Less managing. More actually living.
Every Sunday I write about work, ambition, burnout, friendship, ageing, comparison, wellness culture and the general exhausting business of being a person in a very noisy world. Sharp, funny, occasionally sweary, and deeply suspicious of anything promising a new you.
You’re probably not broken. You’re just carrying shit that’s not yours.
Free subscribers get the Sunday article. Paid subscribers get that plus monthly challenges, live events, and the subscriber chat - where the Wanklings congregate and hold each other accountable to doing slightly terrifying things.
No courses. No upsells. No one trying to change your life. Join us as we laugh, question things, and gently tell wankery to piss off.
Oh and did I mention it’s a Substack Featured Publication? Casual…
