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Holly

Menopause and this at the same time. Nobody warned me.

Bath, UK · Bath, fifty-two, garden designer, perimenopausal, on HRT since 2023.

Their journal

46 entries, and Holly is still writing.

  • An unremarkable week

    Tuesday 16 Jun 2026week 104flat energy 51 reply

    Late, and writing anyway. 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.…

  • Nothing happened again

    Friday 20 Feb 2026week 87flat energy 24 replies

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

  • Three years side by side

    Saturday 20 Sep 2025week 65relieved energy 42 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. Bone density baseline done,…

  • Circle tonight

    Thursday 7 Aug 2025week 59warm energy 54 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. The facilitator stopped the room when four of us…

  • How are you doing on a Wednesday

    Monday 28 Jul 2025week 57held energy 44 replies

    Late, and writing anyway. My buddy noticed something in my journal before I did and asked me a very gentle question about it. She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and…

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Recent check-in answers

9 Jun 2026 — What are you looking after?

The woman at the chemist counter, who spent ten minutes with me for nothing.

20 Jan 2026 — What did you notice about yourself today that you would not have noticed a year ago?

Noticed I had not thought about food since breakfast. Week 83 and that still catches me out.

19 Jan 2026 — If you started something recently, how is week one going?

What I wish I had known: that the first twelve weeks are not the rest of it.

4 Dec 2025 — How is the household eating?

My mother cooked and I ate what I could, slowly, and she was happy and I was happy.

Buddy

ongoingEating

Two vegetarians and a protein problem

Holly and Moss had both quietly given up on getting enough protein and had both assumed they were the only one.

Holly and Moss · since March 2025