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Off the floor
Ronanquietly delighted energy 5
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 since 2021 and I did it…
She stopped the room
Nadiawarm energy 2
Week in order: 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.…
A new bin and a plan
Bodhiorganised energy 2
Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. Tested three cool bags against a…
A plain question
Casssteady energy 2
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and…
Quiet
Gilfine energy 3
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made…
A wedding
Nettiewarm 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…
Quiet
Wystanfine energy 5
A gentle week, mostly. 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.…
A new bin and a plan
Belorganised energy 3
A quiet 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 months. Small…
I nearly did not write
Lilsteady energy 2
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. Steady. That is the whole entry.…
Stayed for the company
Maevewarm energy 3
Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of actual information. The rest was the point. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were…
Into town and back
Petuapleased energy 2
Short one tonight. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that…
She noticed first
Romyheld energy 1
Late, and writing anyway. 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…
My mother cooks
Tinukeawkward energy 4
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
Where the pen lives
Vivorganised energy 3
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 for what…
The limits of yoghurt
Tedsteady energy 1
This week: Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain question about what I had actually eaten in the last two days and I heard my own answer. Greek…
Flat, whole night
Theagrateful energy 1
A brief account of the week. 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. Slept…
Eight minutes and a chair
Alekstired but good energy 4
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and…
How are you doing on a Wednesday
Sorayaheld energy 3
Short one tonight. 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…
Back without making it up
Tarntired but good energy 2
Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just…
Somebody new
Tildawarm energy 1
Week in order: Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were…
No news
Nellfine energy 3
Late, and writing anyway. 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…
Slept through
Cloverfoggy energy 3
Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written about it.…
Into town and back
Doragrateful energy 5turning point
Week in order: 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. Cycled to Amersfoort…
Laces
Izzygrateful energy 2
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. Carried both bags up in one go.…