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Bo

Cold swims and a slow titration.

Whitby, UK · Whitby, forty-eight, joiner and cold-water swimmer.

Their journal

46 entries, and Bo is still writing.

  • Two years, no news

    Wednesday 4 Mar 2026week 78content energy 22 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and I have decided it is the best sentence in this…

  • A printout I cannot read

    Wednesday 17 Sep 2025week 54frustrated energy 11 reply

    Short one tonight. Left with a printout I could not read and no idea what to be worried about. Taking it to bloodwork-buddies on Thursday. Blood pressure medication stopped.…

  • Across the day

    Tuesday 10 Jun 2025week 40steady energy 53 replies

    Short one tonight. Got something with protein in before nine this morning, which meant the rest of the day did not fall apart at four. Spread it across the day instead of…

  • An unremarkable week

    Sunday 1 Jun 2025week 38flat energy 31 reply

    Short one tonight. Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…

  • Nine minutes

    Friday 23 May 2025week 37frustrated energy 22 replies

    A quiet week. 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…

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3 Jul 2026 — What is the last thing you learned about your own body?

I sat cross-legged on the floor to sort the recycling and did not think about how I would get up.

18 May 2026 — What did today take out of you?

Went on a difficult conversation and I do not regret spending it there.

24 Mar 2026 — What did you say yes to this week?

A bath, a bad film, and nobody asking me anything.

13 Mar 2026 — What is one thing you would tell somebody in week two?

Week one, night shifts, and I could not work out which day my week began.

Buddy

ongoingA scare

The week it got frightening

Bo went to hospital with abdominal pain. Viv was the person who told her to go, and has been careful ever since about how she tells that story.

Viv and Bo · since April 2025