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Mark

Week fourteen. Learning that a plateau is not a verdict.

Coventry, UK · Coventry, thirty-nine, warehouse team leader, first person in his family to see a doctor about any of this.

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44 entries, and Mark is still writing.

  • Just Wednesdays

    Tuesday 21 Apr 2026week 102settled energy 34 replies

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Steady, writes when something happens, which is now rarely. Two years. My only…

  • Sunday night, four lines

    Thursday 5 Feb 2026week 91held energy 54 replies

    Quickly, before bed. 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…

  • Off the floor

    Sunday 18 Jan 2026week 88quietly delighted energy 31 reply

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Walked into…

  • Steady

    Wednesday 31 Dec 2025week 86steady energy 21 reply

    Quickly, before bed. 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…

  • What is your secret

    Saturday 13 Dec 2025week 83loved energy 21 reply

    Quickly, before bed. Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. My mother cooks. That is how she says it. So I eat what I…

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Recent check-in answers

9 Apr 2026 — What are you proud of that has nothing to do with any of this?

Booked something to look forward to in six weeks.

31 Mar 2026 — Where did you find help this month?

The union rep who sorted out fridge access at work in two emails.

5 Jan 2026 — How did you sleep, in three words?

Deep, short, interrupted.

6 Dec 2025 — What are you putting off asking a clinician?

Nothing this week. I am satisfied, which is a new experience.

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ongoingPlateau

Twelve weeks of nothing, both of us at once

Mark and Kez hit a long flat stretch at the same time and spent three months talking each other out of quitting on alternate weeks.

Mark and Kez · since October 2024