You’re probably not supposed to say mental. Sorry if not, it’s just one of the best ways I found to describe the neurological fart festival that’s going on in my head - it’s mental.
My name is Ollie Peart and I’m a podcaster based in the UK. I’m best known for my part on The Modern Mann podcast. It’s a magazine-style show with sex, trends and real-life stories and it’s won awards and everything. You should go and check it out if you haven’t.
My role is ‘The Zeitgeist’ your trends and tech, tested. In each episode our listeners get in touch with things for me to try out for myself. Over the years I’ve built my own escape room, fried my brain and wanked off the main host Olly Mann in Virtual Reality - courtesy of our resident sex expert, Alix Fox.
In the latest episode I’ve been tasked with creating my own Substack, and if possible, making money from it.
First things first, I didn’t (and still don’t really) know what Substack is. I know some bits, like I have to write about something you’ll find interesting enough to fork out your hard-earned monies to read, and that I have to write on a regular basis so you don’t lose interest.
Along the way, I’m going to try and speak to some better-known Substackers to get some tips and advice on how to ‘substack’ and maybe make a bit of cash too, but first I have to decide on what to commit my writing on.
They say write about what you know, and I know nothing better and nothing at all about my mind. So, this is mental. Health that is. We hear about mental health all the time these days, in all kinds of fields and contexts. Everyone seems to have some kind of mental illness, which in itself, is mental.
This Substack is a frank and honest delve into my mind in the hope I discover some of its inner workings, trappings and quirks so that I can understand it better, and make it better.
Because it’s not well at the moment. It’s on pills every day and has been for over 2 years, and recently it’s taken an absolute battering.
This won’t be a ‘boo-hoo, I’m so sad’ ramble into the void, but a genuine exploration into my mind and pondering of why the hell, at times, my mind just breaks. Because that’s what it feels like - it’s broken.
So come on, subscribe. It’ll be a laugh - and if you are Mann Fann, well - this is a full-on behind the scenes extravaganza!