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Toby

Cooking for four when I want none of it.

Swindon, UK · Swindon, forty-one, IT support, cooks for four every night and wants none of it.

Their journal

46 entries, and Toby is still writing.

  • Nothing happened again

    Tuesday 9 Jun 2026week 97settled energy 22 replies

    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, still cooking, still not…

  • Iron and B12

    Thursday 5 Feb 2026week 79relieved energy 52 replies

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. Iron and B12 both low. Treated. The difference in a fortnight was not subtle. Fine. Bloods back. Unremarkable, she said, which is a word I had…

  • Sore and slow

    Tuesday 23 Sep 2025week 60sore energy 24 replies

    Bad week and I am writing it down anyway, because a journal that only contains the good weeks would be a lie and no use to anybody reading it later. A bad fortnight during…

  • An unremarkable week

    Thursday 22 May 2025week 42flat energy 53 replies

    Ten minutes then I am asleep. An unremarkable week. Ate, walked, worked, slept adequately. This is what most of it looks like. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine…

  • Two flights of stairs

    Saturday 17 May 2025week 41grateful energy 23 replies

    Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Walked into town and back, which I stopped doing years ago without ever…

All of Toby’s journal

Recent check-in answers

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

That I need to stop reading comment sections about this. I lost a fortnight to that.

8 Jan 2026 — Is anything in your body worth mentioning to someone this week?

Vision felt off for a day. Optician the same week, sent straight on, all clear.

7 Sep 2025 — What does your week look like on paper versus in reality?

Fine. I have told nobody at work and it has been easier than expected.

3 Sep 2025 — Who could you send four lines to tonight?

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

Buddy

ongoingParents

Two kitchens, two sets of small children

Poppy and Toby write to each other after their children are asleep, mostly about cooking for people who are not you.

Poppy and Toby · since September 2024