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Keeley

Carer for my mum. Barely thought about myself until now.

Blackpool, UK · Blackpool, forty-seven, carer for her mother who has dementia. Barely thought about herself until now.

Their journal

46 entries, and Keeley is still writing.

  • Two years, no news

    Friday 17 Apr 2026week 88content energy 23 replies

    A quiet week. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady, and slowly rebuilding a life. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the…

  • March

    Tuesday 18 Nov 2025week 66hollow energy 51 reply

    Short one tonight. Anniversaries do something to my whole week and I have stopped being surprised by it. Her mother went into a home. A very hard autumn. Six weeks of…

  • Into town and back

    Thursday 12 Jun 2025week 44pleased energy 53 replies

    A quiet week. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Lifted her mother safely without her back going. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that…

  • Off the floor

    Saturday 12 Apr 2025week 35quietly delighted energy 41 reply

    Late, and writing anyway. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was…

  • Six labelled boxes

    Tuesday 8 Apr 2025week 34organised energy 32 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. Batch cooked on a good…

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17 Jul 2026 — What have you sorted out that had been hanging over you?

Two lines a day in a paper diary. That is my entire system and it has twice changed a clinical decision.

2 Apr 2026 — What is your smallest ongoing habit?

Rode two hundred kilometres overnight and I am not going to pretend that was sensible.

4 Mar 2026 — What are you being harder on yourself about than you would be on a friend?

I was not kind to myself this week and I am noticing that rather than adding it to the list of failures.

23 Feb 2026 — Did you get outside today?

Walked to the shop and back every day this week, which is my current whole programme.