I would tell somebody in week two that the third day after a step is the honest one.
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Gitta Ten years of that mask. Enormous.
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I would tell somebody in week two that the third day after a step is the honest one.
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Gitta Ten years of that mask. Enormous.
Week one going better than I feared. Mild everything. Waiting for the catch.
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Started, stopped, started again. That is my whole beginning and it is fine.
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Sonia The list on the fridge is a very good idea and I am stealing it.
Week one. Frightened, hopeful, tired. In that order, all day.
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Started, stopped, started again. That is my whole beginning and it is fine.
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I would say: the obvious question is the right question, and nobody here sighs.
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Orlaith Here if you want to talk it through, no fixing offered.
Started at sixty-two and I feel late to everything, and everybody here has been lovely about that.
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I wish somebody had told me that a restart is an ordinary shape and nobody would think less of me.
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Bastian Sitting with you on that.
Week one and it is the not knowing whether this is normal that is hardest.
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I would change how much I read at 2am.
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Bastian Sitting with you on that.
I would change how much I read at 2am.
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Mimi That question is the one I keep failing to ask. Writing it down.
Beginning a taper rather than a start, which is its own kind of beginning.
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I would tell them to find one person to tell. Just one.
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Ashwin Thank you for the honest version.
I wish somebody had told me that a restart is an ordinary shape and nobody would think less of me.
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I would tell somebody in week two that the third day after a step is the honest one.
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Nora Noted and appreciated. This page is better for entries like yours.