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Tuesday 10 September 2024

What is one appointment or letter you are avoiding?

Naming it out loud is usually the step that unsticks it. — asked by Petra

RafeBordeaux, FR

New sharps bin and a plan for what happens to it when I move.

7

Fionnuala That is a lovely thing to have noticed.

KeeleyBlackpool, UK

Booked the appointment I have been avoiding since March.

5

Nadir Please do ring in the morning. Not to alarm you — just, ring.

DaraAthlone, IE

Rang the surgery at eight on the dot and actually got through.

5

Ives A three-week buffer is such a sensible thing to arrange. Noting it.

BobbieRochdale, UK

Sorted a repeat prescription that has been on my list since Easter.

7

ShadeIbadan, NG

Worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four housemates and a toddler.

7

TillyHereford, UK

Told work. Practical rather than emotional, in the end. Ten minutes and a form.

4

IlyaAlmaty, KZ

Made a flowchart for my own appeal. I am aware this is a coping mechanism. It also worked.

6

PippaTruro, UK

Booked the appointment I have been avoiding since March.

8

BevanSwansea, UK

Wrote the questions on my phone so I cannot leave them at home.

9

Maple Money is allowed to be the answer. Nobody here thinks less of it.

ZoraSarajevo, BA

Told work. Practical rather than emotional, in the end. Ten minutes and a form.

7

BibiRabat, MA

Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than the calendar. Solved a problem I had felt guilty about for months.

6

Bex Please do put it down for the evening if you can.

OrrinGlasgow, UK

Solar fridge finally sorted, which is a specific problem for those of us off-grid.

3

SoniaValencia, ES

Labelled the freezer boxes with what is in them and how I felt when I made them.

6

LandoLeeds, UK

Worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four housemates and a toddler.

6

Delphi I did exactly the same and felt awful about it. You have done nothing wrong.