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Friday 9 August 2024

If you started something recently, how is week one going?

New arrivals especially. The rest of us remember it vividly. — asked by Esi

TabbyMargate, UK

I would tell somebody starting to write two lines a day from the beginning. Just two.

5

Nuala Same here on the four o clock waking. No fix, but you are not alone in it.

GusStirling, UK

Nothing yet. Nobody warned me that nothing happens at first.

3

PatrickLimerick, IE

Week one going better than I feared. Mild everything. Waiting for the catch.

2

HettyCambridge, UK

Nothing yet. Nobody warned me that nothing happens at first.

5

Pippa I hope the appeal goes your way. Petra is worth asking.

TamzinPoole, UK

What I would change: I would have asked about a slower schedule on day one.

4

TressaSt Austell, UK

Restarting after eight months away and braced for a judgement that has not come from anybody.

4

PádraigGalway, IE

Week two and the nausea arrived exactly on schedule, which was almost reassuring.

8

NoraDublin, IE

What I wish I had known: that the first twelve weeks are not the rest of it.

5

ShadeIbadan, NG

Week three and I have found this place, which is the actual news.

6

NadjaBelgrade, RS

I would change how much I read at 2am.

6

SamPortland, OR

What I wish I had known: that the first twelve weeks are not the rest of it.

4

Tiernan I hope the appeal goes your way. Petra is worth asking.