Journal
Kai’s journal
Trying to speak to myself the way I speak to friends.
Two lines a day
week 11organised energy 22 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Tested three cool bags against a…
Awake at four
week 8tired energy 44 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake off. Two other people in circle have the same and none of us can find anything written…
Back without making it up
week 6tired but good energy 42 replies
Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Two sessions this week, both short, both…
Steady
week 5fine energy 23 replies
Steady. That is the whole entry. 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…
Laces
week 3pleased energy 11 reply
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into town…
Standing in the kitchen
week 1wired energy 23 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. What I keep coming back to is how long it took me to get here. Not the medication — the asking. Years of that. A first entry about…