Journal
Rin’s journal
Journalling daily since week one.
An hour on the floor
week 33grateful energy 14 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Full twelve-hour shift, no back pain. Sat on the…
The limits of yoghurt
week 32steady energy 23 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Was undereating without realising. The nurse asked a plain…
Steady
week 30flat energy 33 replies
Quickly, before bed. 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…
Quiet
week 29fine energy 33 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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.…
No mask
week 27rested energy 54 replies
Quickly, before bed. 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…
Where the pen lives
week 26organised energy 32 replies
Quickly, before bed. Tested three cool bags against a thermometer this weekend because I am that person. Results written up for the travel circle. New sharps bin, and a plan…
A different shape
week 25tired energy 34 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
She stopped the room
week 23warm energy 44 replies
Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I said the thing that had been said to me and watched it land. Went for the practical answers and stayed…
Anchored to the shifts
week 22organised energy 12 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the…
Back without making it up
week 21tired but good energy 22 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…
Walking
week 19tired but good energy 5
Quickly, before bed. 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. Just…
Both bags, one go
week 18pleased energy 21 reply
Ten minutes then I am asleep. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Tied my own…
She noticed first
week 17held 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. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines…
Flat, whole night
week 15quietly delighted energy 11 reply
Quickly, before bed. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Full shift on my feet…
A rough few days
week 14sore energy 41 reply
Ten minutes then I am asleep. The burping. Nobody mentions the burping. It is not in any leaflet and it is genuinely one of the odder experiences of my adult life.…
Two flights of stairs
week 12quietly delighted energy 11 reply
Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing. I stood at the top for a second like an idiot. Nobody saw. It counted. Same…
Two sessions
week 11tired but good energy 52 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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…
Not writing about this would be dishonest
week 11flat energy 44 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. The burping. Nobody mentions the burping. It is not in any leaflet and it is genuinely one of the odder experiences of my adult life. Daily…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 10tired but good energy 42 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…
Steady
week 9flat energy 43 replies
Ten minutes then I am asleep. 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. Quiet.…