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  • Where the pen lives

    Ned16 Dec 2024organised energy 3

    A quiet week. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. New sharps bin, and a plan…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Nuala16 Dec 2024organised energy 3

    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. New sharps bin, and a plan…

  • She noticed first

    Rin16 Dec 2024held energy 5

    She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Posy16 Dec 2024held energy 3

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in my journal…

  • Laces

    Prue16 Dec 2024pleased energy 5

    Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Tied my own…

  • A plain question

    Ronan16 Dec 2024steady energy 1turning point

    This week: Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Rebuilt his eating around protein. Got something with protein in before…

  • What is your secret

    Tobias16 Dec 2024warm energy 4

    Recording this for the record. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of…

  • Starters as a main

    Tulla16 Dec 2024awkward energy 4

    This week: My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and I say thank you, and we manage. It is not a problem to be solved. Starters as a…

  • The pattern of it

    Yannick16 Dec 2024flat energy 4turning point

    Very tired. Not the kind of tired a nap fixes. I slept nine hours and woke feeling as though I had been awake all night. Documented in two languages. A rough few…

  • Walking

    Mina15 Dec 2024tired but good energy 3

    Short one tonight. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Two sessions this week, both…

  • Protein first

    Rohan15 Dec 2024steady energy 3turning point

    Recording this for the record. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Vegetarian and…

  • Paired

    Bex15 Dec 2024held 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. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing…

  • The list on the fridge

    Carl15 Dec 2024steady energy 3

    Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only…

  • No mask

    Dot15 Dec 2024rested energy 2turning point

    Well then. 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. Sleep changed shape…

  • Starters as a main

    Fen15 Dec 2024loved energy 5

    This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly, and…

  • The limits of yoghurt

    Gwenda15 Dec 2024steady 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. Was undereating without…

  • Nothing to report

    Inês15 Dec 2024steady energy 1

    Short one tonight. 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…

  • Somebody new

    Ives15 Dec 2024warm energy 2

    This week: Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly…

  • Circle tonight

    Mark15 Dec 2024warm energy 4

    Quickly, before bed. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Somebody new tonight, terrified,…

  • Anchored to the shifts

    Martha15 Dec 2024organised energy 3

    A brief account of the week. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That…

  • Starters as a main

    Mo15 Dec 2024loved energy 2

    Week in order: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I can, slowly,…

  • Why are you not eating

    Nuala15 Dec 2024tender energy 4turning point

    Right. Hid the box for two months. Not sure who from, exactly, in a house this size. Her daughter found it and asked good questions. My sister started too, three…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Rafe15 Dec 2024organised energy 3

    A brief account of the week. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four…

  • Circle tonight

    Rilla15 Dec 2024warm energy 5

    Quick one. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. Went for the practical answers and stayed for…