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Kai

Trying to speak to myself the way I speak to friends.

Vancouver, CA · Vancouver, thirty-four, social worker, trying to speak to himself the way he speaks to clients.

Their journal

46 entries, and Kai is still writing.

  • No project

    Thursday 25 Jun 2026week 92flat energy 14 replies

    A gentle week, mostly. Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady. The…

  • Where the pen lives

    Thursday 19 Mar 2026week 78organised energy 52 replies

    A gentle week, mostly. Batch cooked on a good day for the bad days. Six labelled boxes in the freezer and a great deal of smugness. Tested three cool bags against a…

  • Paired

    Wednesday 4 Mar 2026week 76held energy 24 replies

    A gentle week, mostly. Nobody has ever asked me how I was doing on a Wednesday before. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Saturday 21 Feb 2026week 74held energy 5

    Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or five lines each, and it has quietly become the most reliable thing in my week. Paired with bly_b. They check in on Sundays.…

  • Back without making it up

    Monday 16 Feb 2026week 74tired but good energy 12 replies

    Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Two sessions this week, both short, both…

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

The thing I noticed is that I am tired of noticing things. Some weeks I would like to just get on.

1 Apr 2026 — What did your body tell you today?

It is warm, it is here, it got me to work. Enough.

11 Mar 2026 — What has your sleep been doing?

Fine. Boringly fine. I will take boring.

28 Dec 2025 — What is one thing you have accepted?

Grief, which arrives without an appointment.