Bly’s journal
January 2025
6 entries this month.
I nearly did not write
week 16flat energy 43 replies
Short one tonight. 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 have…
Two sessions
week 16tired but good energy 52 replies
A quiet week. 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…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 15tired but good energy 32 replies
Late, and writing anyway. 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 programme.…
Nine minutes
week 14heard energy 41 reply
A quiet week. Nine minutes. I took three written questions and got three answers, which is the best return I have ever had from an appointment. A GP who got it right,…
Anchored to the shifts
week 14organised energy 42 replies
Short one tonight. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Anchored injection day to my shift pattern…
Sunday night, four lines
week 13held energy 54 replies
A quiet week. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. My buddy noticed something in my…