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Patrick

Pacing myself for the first time in my life.

Limerick, IE · Limerick, forty-four, secondary teacher, pacing himself for the first time in his life.

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43 entries, and Patrick is still writing.

  • Off the floor

    Friday 17 Apr 2026week 99pleased energy 21 reply

    Short one tonight. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Walked into town and…

  • She stopped the room

    Saturday 28 Mar 2026week 96warm energy 14 replies

    Short one tonight. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Circle…

  • Reduced

    Wednesday 11 Mar 2026week 94content energy 44 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back…

  • No project

    Saturday 21 Feb 2026week 91settled energy 4

    Late, and writing anyway. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady, teaching, pacing. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I…

  • No news

    Friday 20 Feb 2026week 91fine energy 31 reply

    Short one tonight. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory…

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6 Jun 2026 — What is the last thing you moved for pleasure rather than duty?

Nothing. A no-movement day and I am not going to build a story around it.

28 Mar 2026 — What is your maintenance dose life actually like?

Same as last month, and the month before, and I have come to like that.

8 Feb 2026 — What did you postpone today, and was that all right?

It felt like about eleven days.

21 Dec 2025 — What are you not sure about?

What a reference range means, properly, rather than roughly.

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