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Friday 20 February 2026

What is one appointment or letter you are avoiding?

Naming it out loud is usually the step that unsticks it. — asked by Petra

BryherIsles of Scilly, UK

Wrote the questions on my phone so I cannot leave them at home.

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Nadir Toast is a perfectly good answer and always has been.

OllyReading, UK

Labelled the freezer boxes with what is in them and how I felt when I made them.

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LulaBournemouth, UK

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

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OssieWolverhampton, UK

Moved my hard training sessions away from the day after the injection. Obvious in hindsight.

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LinnetKendal, UK

Nothing. I have not sorted anything out and the pile is getting taller.

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GethinMerthyr Tydfil, UK

Told work. Practical rather than emotional, in the end. Ten minutes and a form.

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TemSouthend, UK

Worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four housemates and a toddler.

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Nikita Sitting with you on that.

NellFrome, UK

Tested a cool bag against a thermometer for eleven hours because I am that person. It held.

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MableBolton, UK

Nothing. I have not sorted anything out and the pile is getting taller.

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MarenBremen, DE

Put a flask and a proper meal in the locker so 4am stops being crisps.

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BridieWexford, IE

Tested a cool bag against a thermometer for eleven hours because I am that person. It held.

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PeronelCanterbury, UK

Rang the surgery at eight on the dot and actually got through.

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NemoneLewes, UK

Worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four housemates and a toddler.

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LlianCarmarthen, UK

Tested a cool bag against a thermometer for eleven hours because I am that person. It held.

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Nadja Please do put it down for the evening if you can.

EdwynNewcastle, UK

Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than the calendar. Solved a problem I had felt guilty about for months.

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Keeley Ten years of that mask. Enormous.

SableCape Town, ZA

Wrote three questions down for Thursday. I have never once remembered them otherwise.

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