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Tarn

Lake District. Walking myself back to strength.

Keswick, UK · Keswick, forty-five, outdoor instructor, walking herself back to strength.

Their journal

32 entries, and Tarn is still writing.

  • No project

    Sunday 12 Apr 2026week 83flat energy 11 reply

    The strange part is not having a project any more. I had not understood how much I was enjoying having one. Steady. Nothing happened again. I am aware that is now the fourth…

  • Starters as a main

    Sunday 5 Apr 2026week 82awkward energy 31 reply

    A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. My mother cooks. That is how she says…

  • What is your secret

    Tuesday 17 Mar 2026week 79warm energy 11 reply

    This week: A wedding. Three courses I could not face, a table of people who noticed, and a very kind waiter who boxed it up without saying a word. My mother cooks. That is…

  • Where the pen lives

    Tuesday 24 Feb 2026week 76organised energy 4

    This week: New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the entire system and it…

  • She noticed first

    Wednesday 4 Feb 2026week 73held energy 44 replies

    This week: She had a bad week and I had a fine one, and next month it will be the other way round. That is the whole mechanism. Paired up. We text on Sunday nights, four or…

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Recent check-in answers

12 Jul 2026 — What is one thing you would like written up as a guide?

How much protein is actually enough, and what that is based on.

8 Jun 2026 — What is one thing you have accepted?

Work. Nothing to do with any of this.

30 Jan 2026 — Has anyone said anything about your body this week?

Somebody said I looked well and I could not work out where to put it, so I said thank you and changed the subject.

27 Jan 2026 — What is taking up more room in your head than it deserves?

Whether to tell my mother. Leaning towards no and I keep changing my mind.

Buddy

ongoingGrief

Two people who were grieving as well

Nell and Tarn both started within a year of a bereavement, and both had found that nobody would let the two things sit in the same sentence.

Nell and Tarn · since September 2025