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Hattie

Chronic fatigue plus this. Careful pacing.

Exeter, UK · Exeter, forty-five, librarian, post-viral fatigue since 2021, pacing carefully.

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46 entries, and Hattie is still writing.

  • Nothing happened again

    Sunday 22 Feb 2026week 87flat energy 3

    Late, and writing anyway. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. Steady. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth month running I have written that, and I have…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Saturday 23 Aug 2025week 60grateful energy 3

    Late, and writing anyway. 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. Walked to the Quay and back…

  • I nearly did not write

    Monday 14 Jul 2025week 55flat energy 13 replies

    Short one tonight. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have…

  • An unremarkable week

    Thursday 3 Jul 2025week 53fine energy 23 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. I nearly did…

  • I nearly did not write

    Sunday 22 Jun 2025week 52steady energy 53 replies

    A quiet week. 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. Steady. That is…

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14 Jun 2026 — What have you said out loud this week that was hard to say?

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

7 May 2026 — Who did you help this week?

Somebody at the pool showed me how to use the hoist for my mother. Ten minutes of her time.

7 Apr 2026 — What time did you eat today, roughly?

Enjoyed a slice of my sister-in-law's cake more than anything else this month.

7 Mar 2026 — What has this cost you this month, in any currency?

I budget for it like rent now, which took me about eight months to arrive at.