Journal
Abel’s journal
Rare here. Reading and learning.
Quiet
week 25steady energy 43 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the…
Fewer, heavier
week 24tired but good energy 12 replies
Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven weeks. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were…
No mask
week 23foggy energy 24 replies
A brief account of the week. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back and the…
She noticed first
week 22held energy 54 replies
She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and…
Grip
week 21tired but good energy 32 replies
A brief account of the week. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a…
She read the diary
week 20frustrated energy 4
Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. Took the diary in. She read it properly,…
Sunday lunch
week 19warm energy 21 reply
Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I…
Nothing to report
week 18steady energy 11 reply
A brief account of the week. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole…
I nearly did not write
week 17fine energy 53 replies
An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal…
Anchored to the shifts
week 16organised energy 34 replies
A brief account of the week. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the…
Quiet
week 15flat energy 13 replies
A brief account of the week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I…
My mother cooks
week 14warm energy 21 reply
A brief account of the week. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze…
Where the pen lives
week 14organised energy 14 replies
Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I had been feeling guilty about for four months. Cold chain over long…
Nothing to report
week 13fine energy 43 replies
No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. I nearly did not write this week because…
A new bin and a plan
week 12organised energy 4
A brief account of the week. Small logistics win: worked out where the pen actually lives in a fridge shared with four other people and a toddler's yoghurts. New sharps bin,…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 11tired but good energy 52 replies
Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I have done it for eleven…
I nearly did not write
week 10steady energy 13 replies
A brief account of the week. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks.…
Quiet
week 9fine energy 51 reply
Steady. That is the whole entry. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the…
Circle tonight
week 8warm energy 24 replies
A brief account of the week. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of…
Anchored to the shifts
week 7organised energy 42 replies
New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern rather than to the calendar, which solved a problem I…