Journal
Tavia’s journal
Sicilian family. Very loud, very loving.
Two years, no news
week 85flat energy 43 replies
Evening. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady. Reduced to a…
Back without making it up
week 67tired but good energy 22 replies
Evening. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a programme. Just walking. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done.…
Where the pen lives
week 66organised energy 12 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…
Protein first
week 64steady energy 23 replies
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, everything else…
Sunday night, four lines
week 63held energy 34 replies
My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the…
Nothing to report
week 61fine energy 43 replies
Evening. 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 thing. Steady. That is…
Steady
week 60fine energy 41 reply
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…
Two lengths, badly
week 59quietly delighted energy 23 replies
Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Walked to the Cattedrale and back daily for a month. Up the stairs at work twice without stopping at the landing.…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 58tired but good energy 32 replies
Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Eight minutes and a chair. That is the whole programme. Tuesday and Friday. I…
The limits of yoghurt
week 56steady energy 53 replies
Evening. Protein first, everything else after. It is not interesting advice and it is the only advice that has changed anything. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both.…
My mother cooks
week 54warm energy 31 reply
Evening. Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation…
The list on the fridge
week 52steady energy 43 replies
Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the…
Three cool bags and a thermometer
week 51organised energy 32 replies
Evening. 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. Small logistics win:…
Two flights of stairs
week 49grateful energy 31 reply
Evening. Sat on the floor and played for an hour, and then got up. That was the entire reason I started, and I have now done it. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Tied my own…
A new bin and a plan
week 47organised energy 22 replies
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, and a plan for what happens…
She noticed first
week 46held energy 44 replies
Evening. 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…
Into town and back
week 44grateful energy 21 reply
Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing. Wrote it down. Up the stairs at…
Protein first
week 43steady energy 43 replies
Evening. 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,…
Stayed for the company
week 41warm energy 54 replies
The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Somebody new tonight,…
I nearly did not write
week 40fine energy 41 reply
Evening. 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 news. The dog is…