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  • I nearly did not write

    Ollie25 May 2025fine energy 3

    I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks. Quiet. Injection…

  • What is your secret

    Ottoline25 May 2025awkward energy 4

    Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Peggy25 May 2025grateful energy 5turning point

    Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Walked to the shop and back every…

  • Both bags, one go

    Posy25 May 2025pleased energy 3

    This week: Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Tied my own laces…

  • Quiet

    Sadie25 May 2025fine energy 1

    Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing. Steady. That is…

  • No news

    Sam25 May 2025fine energy 1

    Notes for the week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing…

  • No mask

    Solomon25 May 2025rested energy 2

    Three things this week. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study…

  • Back without making it up

    Sorrel25 May 2025tired but good energy 4

    This week: Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats a perfect programme abandoned in March, and he is…

  • Protein first

    Tavia25 May 2025steady energy 4

    I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Protein first,…

  • A wedding

    Wystan25 May 2025loved energy 1

    A gentle week, mostly. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not…

  • Where the pen lives

    Lucas24 May 2025organised energy 1

    Right. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps bin, and a plan for…

  • The bad fortnight

    Rohan24 May 2025flat energy 5turning point

    Notes for the week. Headache for three days running. It turned out I had barely drunk anything since Tuesday. Water, then a slow improvement, then feeling faintly…

  • The mirror

    Clemmie24 May 2025raw energy 1turning point

    A gentle week, mostly. Strangers are being different with me and I hate it. I do not have a tidy thought about this. I just hate it. Complicated week. Wrote honestly…

  • An unremarkable week

    Freya24 May 2025flat energy 1

    Quickly, before bed. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The…

  • She stopped the room

    Holly24 May 2025warm energy 2turning point

    The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Menopause circle…

  • Flat, whole night

    Moss24 May 2025quietly delighted energy 1turning point

    Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked to Heptonstall and back twice in a week. Slept flat. Whole…

  • Circle tonight

    Oskar24 May 2025warm energy 3turning point

    Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. EU circle, where he is the person…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Petua24 May 2025quietly delighted energy 3

    A quiet week. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Got down on the floor and back…

  • A different shape

    Pippa24 May 2025tired energy 3

    Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort…

  • Starters as a main

    Ravi24 May 2025awkward energy 1

    Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none…

  • My mother cooks

    Tam24 May 2025awkward energy 5

    Week in order: A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. Sunday lunch at…

  • Nothing to report

    Tulla24 May 2025steady energy 3

    This week: An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I…

  • The changing room

    Bly23 May 2025tired of it energy 4

    Clothes shopping was worse, not better. I sat in the car afterwards for twenty minutes. Strangers are being different with me and I hate it. I do not have a tidy…

  • Nine minutes

    Bo23 May 2025frustrated energy 2

    A quiet week. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. A locum who had clearly…