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The shame was the worst of it
Tamrelieved energy 2
The shame about the gap was worse than any side effect I have had. Six people in circle said "yes, me, twice", and it went. Second time and it is completely…
Steady
Yannickfine energy 4
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…
Sunday night, four lines
Zebheld energy 3
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be…
My mother cooks
Zoëwarm energy 1turning point
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Flat, whole night
Carlquietly delighted energy 2
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. That will do.
Steady
Clemmiefine energy 2
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false…
The list on the fridge
Ephraimsteady energy 3
Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have…
My mother cooks
Gwynethawkward energy 3
Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was…
I nearly did not write
Hattiesteady energy 5
A quiet week. 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. Steady.…
Circle tonight
Marthawarm energy 3
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. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an…
Nine minutes
Rohanbrisk energy 1
Recording this for the record. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took…
Walking
Coltired but good energy 2
Quickly, before bed. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I…
Eight minutes and a chair
Esmetired but good energy 5
Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up…
The question I had been avoiding
Rayheard energy 2
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 read nothing.…
Starters as a main
Nolanloved energy 2
This week: Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out…
She stopped the room
Romywarm energy 3
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 talking at…
Eight minutes and a chair
Stefantired but good energy 2
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Two sessions this week, both short, both done. Ren keeps saying that two a week for two years beats…
Both bags, one go
Tedquietly delighted energy 5turning point
This week: Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Walked into town and back, which he had stopped doing in 2019.…
She reduced it
Tildafrustrated energy 4
Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Took the diary in. She read it properly, which…
An unremarkable week
Noahflat energy 3
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. Quiet. Injection…
Nothing to report
Abelsteady 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…
The limits of yoghurt
Alekssteady energy 4
A quiet week. 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. Spread it…
Nothing to report
Ammifine energy 4
Short one tonight. 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.…
Two flights of stairs
Belquietly delighted energy 3
Short one tonight. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Walked…