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Col

Living in a van. Cold chain is a genuine puzzle.

Newquay, UK · Newquay, thirty-three, surf instructor living in a van, cold chain is a genuine puzzle.

Their journal

46 entries, and Col is still writing.

  • No project

    Tuesday 5 May 2026week 89content energy 32 replies

    Quickly, before bed. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how…

  • Slept through

    Thursday 12 Mar 2026week 81rested energy 54 replies

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long…

  • I nearly did not write

    Friday 27 Feb 2026week 79steady energy 51 reply

    Quickly, before bed. 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. No news.…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Sunday 15 Feb 2026week 77held energy 4

    Quickly, before bed. 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…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Sunday 1 Feb 2026week 75pleased energy 51 reply

    Quickly, before bed. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Carried both bags up in one go.…

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28 Jun 2026 — What did you almost not do and then did?

The tiredness lifted about a fortnight ago like a curtain and I keep waiting for it to come back.

15 Jun 2026 — What have you noticed about your week that nobody else would?

I noticed I was hungry, correctly, at a normal time. Week 94. It felt like a message from an old friend.

14 Jun 2026 — What have you said out loud this week that was hard to say?

A crash. Two days flat after overdoing Saturday. Pacing is a skill I am still learning.

7 Feb 2026 — How is your protein going?

Enjoyed a slice of my sister-in-law's cake more than anything else this month.

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ongoingRural access

Four hours from a prescriber, both of us

Rowan is four hours from the nearest prescribing service. Col lives in a van. Between them they have solved most of the logistics problems this site knows about.

Rowan and Col · since February 2025