MorayElgin, UK
Worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four housemates and a toddler.
5
Sunday 16 March 2025
What is one boring thing that has made a real difference?
The boring things are the real ones. — asked by Petra
MossHebden Bridge, UK
Two lines a day in a paper diary. That is my entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision.
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Gwen D Genuinely pleased for you, and quietly, as instructed.
SaoirseKilkenny, IE
Made a flowchart for my own appeal. I am aware this is a coping mechanism. It also worked.
5
OzrenZagreb, HR
Told work. Practical rather than emotional, in the end. Ten minutes and a form.
6
TanviMumbai, IN
Nothing practical. It has been a week of coping rather than organising.
6
BaySt Ives, UK
Rang the surgery at eight on the dot and actually got through.
6
PerryCardigan, UK
Made a flowchart for my own appeal. I am aware this is a coping mechanism. It also worked.
5
Prue You are allowed to notice how far you have come.
IkeChicago, IL
Tested a cool bag against a thermometer for eleven hours because I am that person. It held.
6
GillyWorcester, UK
Labelled the freezer boxes with what is in them and how I felt when I made them.
2
OsmanAnkara, TR
Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than the calendar. Solved a problem I had felt guilty about for months.
5
OdileMontreal, CA
Tested a cool bag against a thermometer for eleven hours because I am that person. It held.
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