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Ash

A&E nights. Ask me nothing before 2pm.

Sunderland, UK · Sunderland, thirty-three, A&E nurse, ask nothing before 2pm.

Their journal

46 entries, and Ash is still writing.

  • Two years, no news

    Friday 24 Apr 2026week 78content energy 4

    Well then. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Nothing…

  • A new bin and a plan

    Wednesday 5 Nov 2025week 54organised energy 52 replies

    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. Tested three cool bags against…

  • Protein first

    Monday 27 Oct 2025week 53steady energy 23 replies

    Well then. 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,…

  • An hour on the floor

    Friday 24 Oct 2025week 52pleased energy 3

    Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked a full night shift without her feet ruining her. Carried both bags up in…

  • A different shape

    Friday 17 Oct 2025week 51rested energy 34 replies

    Well then. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying…

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Recent check-in answers

19 Jul 2026 — What have you noticed about how you talk to yourself?

Put the heating on rather than being stoic about it.

15 Jul 2026 — What are you tired of?

The plateau. Eleven weeks and I have stopped believing anything will change.

21 May 2026 — What has been the surprise of the last three months?

I noticed my own breathing while making the bed, and then noticed that I usually do not notice it, which is new.

12 May 2026 — What is the smallest kind thing anyone did for you?

I stopped apologising in an email and it took me four attempts.

Buddy

ongoingShift work

Two night shifts, one time zone apart

Noah and Ash both work nights and both had given up on a Sunday-evening format that assumed a Monday-to-Friday life.

Noah and Ash · since January 2025