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Ned

Quiet bloke. Posting anyway.

Chesterfield, UK · Chesterfield, fifty-one, warehouse supervisor, quiet bloke posting anyway.

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46 entries, and Ned is still writing.

  • Nothing happened again

    Saturday 23 May 2026week 93flat energy 24 replies

    Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. One sentence. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Nothing…

  • Come back in a year

    Saturday 4 Oct 2025week 60relieved energy 44 replies

    A1c down. I looked at the number for a long time and then rang my mother, which surprised us both. A1c down. Two sentences. Three years of results side by side. A trend…

  • Protein first

    Saturday 10 May 2025week 39steady energy 43 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Spread it across the day instead of trying to do it all at teatime and everything got easier. Protein first, everything else after. It is not…

  • A wedding

    Monday 5 May 2025week 39loved energy 41 reply

    A quiet week. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation…

  • An hour on the floor

    Tuesday 29 Apr 2025week 38quietly delighted energy 5

    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. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that…

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8 Jul 2026 — What are you working out at the moment?

I have been rigid about things this week in a way I recognise, and I have said so to somebody who knows my history.

4 Jul 2026 — Who deserves a thank you from you this week?

I noticed I was speaking to myself like a disappointed manager and stopped mid-sentence.

16 Jun 2026 — What is one thing you want to try this month?

I would say: the obvious question is the right question, and nobody here sighs.

24 May 2026 — Where are you with your prescriber?

Whether the slower schedule is available to me, and what the trade-off is.