Journal
Nuala’s journal
Two teenagers. No privacy. Journalling anyway.
Anchored to the shifts
week 9organised energy 5
Right. 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 because I am that person. Results…
Sunday night, four lines
week 7held energy 34 replies
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. She had a…
Walking
week 6tired but good energy 32 replies
Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were…
She stopped the room
week 4warm energy 14 replies
Well then. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about eleven minutes of…
She read the diary
week 2brisk energy 22 replies
Well then. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. She reduced one of my other…
Beginning, badly
week 1hopeful energy 2
The leaflet is nine pages and about seven of them are worst cases. I have read it three times, which was three times too many, and I am now going to stop reading it. Hid the…