TildaCambridge, UK
Was kind to somebody else, which was easier than being kind to myself, as usual.
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Tuesday 24 March 2026
What did you say yes to this week?
And are you glad you did? — asked by Jonah
OttaviaBologna, IT
A bath, a bad film, and nobody asking me anything.
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Sinéad Thank you for the honest version.
MaeveSligo, IE
Put the heating on rather than being stoic about it.
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Moray Two flights of stairs is two flights of stairs. Take it.
OndineLausanne, CH
Nothing. I have been brisk with myself all week and it has not helped.
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JontyOxford, UK
Read for an hour with the phone in another room.
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RohanPune, IN
Was kind to somebody else, which was easier than being kind to myself, as usual.
9
BoWhitby, UK
A bath, a bad film, and nobody asking me anything.
9
OrvalWinnipeg, CA
Left the washing up until morning. Revolutionary.
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Ossian Say the true answer more often. It seems to work.
ObiLagos, NG
I stopped apologising in an email and it took me four attempts.
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Abram Please be as unreasonable about the hair as you like. It is not trivial.
BertieHarrogate, UK
I noticed I was speaking to myself like a disappointed manager and stopped mid-sentence.
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PipBristol, UK
What I would say to a friend: this is hard and you are doing it anyway. What I say to myself is considerably worse.
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NoleneDurban, ZA
Read for an hour with the phone in another room.
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Ozzy GWalsall, UK
I would tell a friend to go to bed. So I am going to bed.
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NyalaAddis Ababa, ET
What I would say to a friend: this is hard and you are doing it anyway. What I say to myself is considerably worse.
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Perry That is a lovely thing to have noticed.
BramSheffield, UK
Let somebody help me. That is the whole entry and it was harder than it sounds.
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Ollie Two flights of stairs is two flights of stairs. Take it.