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Gilly

Nurse. Terrible at taking own advice.

Worcester, UK · Worcester, forty-eight, practice nurse, terrible at taking her own advice.

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46 entries, and Gilly is still writing.

  • Just Wednesdays

    Tuesday 7 Apr 2026week 79content energy 44 replies

    Well then. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to…

  • Into town and back

    Sunday 5 Oct 2025week 53quietly delighted energy 24 replies

    Well then. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how that sounds and I do not care. Full clinic day without her back going. Up the stairs at work twice without…

  • Stayed for the company

    Tuesday 1 Jul 2025week 39warm energy 5

    Right. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Somebody new tonight, terrified, exactly where I was in the spring. I…

  • I nearly did not write

    Wednesday 25 Jun 2025week 39fine energy 43 replies

    An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my…

  • Awake at four

    Thursday 19 Jun 2025week 38tired energy 2

    Well then. Slept through. Whole night, no waking. It has been so long that I lay there in the morning trying to work out what was different. Repeat study came back and the…

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16 Jul 2026 — What are you learning to do differently?

Beginning again, third time, and I have stopped counting it as a failure.

9 Jul 2026 — What did you eat standing up today?

A birthday and a proper slice of cake, and I did not narrate any of it to myself.

24 Jun 2026 — What is your unglamorous survival food?

Ate at 4am in a staff room out of a flask. Not glamorous. Warm.

4 Jun 2026 — What has money made possible this month?

Had to ask my parents, at thirty-four, which was humbling.