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  • A different shape

    Rohan16 Feb 2025rested energy 3

    Recording this for the record. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been…

  • Eight hours of difference

    Aria16 Feb 2025knackered energy 2turning point

    Time difference of eight hours and a weekly dose. Moved it forward by two hours a day rather than all at once, on my GP's suggestion. Auckland to London with a cool…

  • The bad fortnight

    Brody16 Feb 2025sore energy 1

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

  • An unremarkable week

    Bunny16 Feb 2025flat energy 3

    Evening. Steady. That is the whole entry. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Breakfast shift.

  • Across the day

    Clover16 Feb 2025steady energy 1turning point

    Evening. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Solved it and wrote up every meal. Spread…

  • A wedding

    Hedda16 Feb 2025loved energy 3

    Recording this for the record. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. My mother cooks. That is how she says it.…

  • Back

    Izzy16 Feb 2025relieved energy 4turning point

    Back. Eight months away and I arrived braced for a judgement that has not come from a single person. Restarted when a job started. The shame about the gap was worse…

  • Propped up on pillows

    Jonty16 Feb 2025rough energy 2turning point

    A brief account of the week. Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody…

  • Steady

    Juno16 Feb 2025fine energy 3

    Steady. That is the whole entry. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running.…

  • My mother cooks

    Lark16 Feb 2025awkward energy 1

    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. Somebody asked what my secret…

  • Three cool bags and a thermometer

    Maeve16 Feb 2025organised energy 4

    Well then. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision. Small logistics win: worked…

  • Stayed for the company

    Moray16 Feb 2025warm energy 2

    Well then. 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. Somebody…

  • Off the floor

    Rilla16 Feb 2025pleased energy 4

    Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Chopper Tuesday.

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Romy16 Feb 2025organised energy 1

    Late, and writing anyway. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend…

  • Steady

    Solomon16 Feb 2025fine energy 1

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

  • A new bin and a plan

    Sorrel16 Feb 2025pleased energy 5turning point

    This week: New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Cold storage off-grid, solved and documented. Two lines a day in a paper diary.…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Winnie16 Feb 2025organised energy 3

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Small logistics…

  • No news

    Yannick16 Feb 2025flat energy 2

    Notes for the week. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. I nearly did not write this week because there…

  • The list on the fridge

    Noah15 Feb 2025steady energy 1

    Right. 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. Greek yoghurt,…

  • An unremarkable week

    Aleks15 Feb 2025flat 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. I nearly did not…

  • Flat, whole night

    Annika15 Feb 2025quietly delighted energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that…

  • Paired

    Bay15 Feb 2025held energy 2

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. She had a bad week and I had a fine one,…

  • I nearly did not write

    Bertie15 Feb 2025flat energy 1

    A brief account of the week. 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…

  • What is your secret

    Bly15 Feb 2025warm energy 2

    Short one tonight. 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. Starters as…