Bly’s journal
May 2025
5 entries this month.
The changing room
week 33tired of it energy 43 replies
Clothes shopping was worse, not better. I sat in the car afterwards for twenty minutes. Strangers are being different with me and I hate it. I do not have a tidy thought…
I liked it before
week 32tired of it energy 41 reply
Short one tonight. Clothes shopping was worse, not better. I sat in the car afterwards for twenty minutes. A hard month, handled in the body-image circle. Strangers are being…
An hour on the floor
week 31grateful energy 21 reply
Late, and writing anyway. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Swam. First time since school. Two lengths, badly, grinning. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That…
The question I had been avoiding
week 30frustrated energy 32 replies
Late, and writing anyway. Asked the question I had been avoiding for eleven years. She answered it in about ninety seconds and was completely unbothered. Took the diary in.…
The list on the fridge
week 29steady energy 53 replies
A quiet week. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Protein first,…