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Mina

Monday check-ins keep me honest.

Lisbon, PT · Lisbon, forty-nine, translator, writes on Mondays without fail.

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46 entries, and Mina is still writing.

  • No project

    Thursday 25 Jun 2026week 107settled energy 54 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, Mondays,…

  • A1c down

    Thursday 22 Jan 2026week 85relieved energy 32 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Everything stable. She said come back in a year. I have never had a come-back-in-a-year before. Stable. Her doctor said she could come back in a…

  • My mother cooks

    Thursday 11 Sep 2025week 66loved energy 21 reply

    Short one tonight. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. A long entry about Portuguese family meals and how she manages…

  • Nothing

    Thursday 15 May 2025week 49stubborn energy 21 reply

    Short one tonight. I wanted to stop this week. Said so out loud in circle, which I had not planned to. Six people said they had been there. Nobody tried to fix it. Five…

  • Off the floor

    Sunday 16 Feb 2025week 36pleased energy 53 replies

    Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Walked up to the castle without stopping. Slept flat. Whole night. Flat. Sat on the floor and…

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Recent check-in answers

26 Jun 2026 — How is the money side this month?

My employer's plan turned out to cover it. A year of assuming otherwise.

17 May 2026 — What are you putting off asking a clinician?

Whether HRT and this interact, and I have been told honestly that nobody really knows.

22 Apr 2026 — What was the last useful thing a clinician said to you?

Whether it is worth seeing a dietitian and how I get referred.

17 Apr 2026 — What is the money question you have not asked?

Three months at a time is cheaper here, if you can find the money for three months at once.