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Thursday 10 April 2025

What is one thing you would change about how you started?

Hindsight is a gift you can give somebody else. — asked by Esi

BessLouth, UK

Started at sixty-two and I feel late to everything, and everybody here has been lovely about that.

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NoraDublin, IE

I would change how much I read at 2am.

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NevGrimsby, UK

What I would tell myself: it becomes ordinary, and ordinary is the good outcome.

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BaySt Ives, UK

I would tell somebody in week two that the third day after a step is the honest one.

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Brody Second person this week to say that. Going to mention it at my own review.

CoralieMarseille, FR

I would tell somebody starting to write two lines a day from the beginning. Just two.

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Ned Same here on the four o clock waking. No fix, but you are not alone in it.

ZoëHackney, UK

I would tell them to write down three questions before the first appointment.

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EphraimBrooklyn, NY

Restarting after eight months away and braced for a judgement that has not come from anybody.

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SaoirseKilkenny, IE

I would tell somebody in week two that the third day after a step is the honest one.

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BrimHalifax, UK

I would tell somebody starting to write two lines a day from the beginning. Just two.

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Hattie I hope the appeal goes your way. Petra is worth asking.

GwynforLlanidloes, UK

Beginning again, third time, and I have stopped counting it as a failure.

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BlySheffield, UK

It is going all right. That is a strange sentence to be able to write.

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MorayElgin, UK

Restarting after eight months away and braced for a judgement that has not come from anybody.

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MapleToronto, CA

I would tell them to find one person to tell. Just one.

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Tabby Sorry it has been a heavy one. Tomorrow is a different day, usually.

LenaMunich, DE

Week one and I have read the leaflet three times, which was two times too many.

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ZenBristol, UK

Week one. I have the pen in the fridge and I have not touched it in four days.

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OsipTbilisi, GE

It is going all right. That is a strange sentence to be able to write.

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