Journal
Wystan’s journal
Poet. Journalling suits me.
Reduced
week 84flat energy 42 replies
Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and I have decided it is the best sentence in this journal. Steady. Reduced to a…
Six labelled boxes
week 65organised energy 1
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Quiet
week 64fine energy 51 reply
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Quiet.…
The limits of yoghurt
week 62steady energy 43 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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…
Nine minutes
week 60frustrated energy 4
Sitting down to this properly tonight. She reduced one of my other medications. I asked her twice whether that was really allowed. Nine minutes. I took three written…
She stopped the room
week 59warm energy 14 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Circle tonight. Eight of us, an hour, and about…
Two flights of stairs
week 57quietly delighted energy 32 replies
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. Walked into town and back, which I stopped…
Two lengths, badly
week 56pleased energy 32 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever deciding to stop. Walked Leckhampton Hill at dawn. Sat on the…
An unremarkable week
week 55flat energy 33 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…
Dreams
week 54tired energy 34 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Repeat study came back…
Nothing to report
week 52steady energy 33 replies
Sitting down to this properly tonight. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of…
Flat, whole night
week 50quietly delighted energy 21 reply
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Up the stairs at work twice…
Steady
week 49steady energy 11 reply
A gentle week, mostly. 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. Quiet.…
I nearly did not write
week 47flat energy 13 replies
Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of…
No news
week 46flat energy 43 replies
A gentle week, mostly. 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. I…
Quiet
week 44flat energy 53 replies
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. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild…
Two sessions
week 42tired but good energy 12 replies
Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two…
An unremarkable week
week 41steady energy 33 replies
A gentle week, mostly. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a…
Starters as a main
week 39awkward energy 51 reply
Somebody asked what my secret was and I froze completely. Still working out what I want to say to that. A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who…
Where the pen lives
week 38organised energy 4
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 entire system and it has twice…