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  • A Room of Floating Boxes

    Life sometimes feels like I’m in a room surrounded by boxes. They’re all white and the same make—only five sides and open at the top like a crate without handles—but they’re all different sizes. They’re not neatly stacked. They’re floating.… Continue reading

    A Room of Floating Boxes
  • How many times do we boil the kettle?

    Once. If you remember to make your tea. The world feels like fistfuls of clouds sometimes, as if I’m not really here. I can look at a report, but my eyes will suddenly not be looking at it at all,… Continue reading

    How many times do we boil the kettle?
  • I feel better

    with some warm tea, and a blanket over me. I feel better, with the rain at my door, and my slippers on the floor. I feel better, with much of the pain sleeping, and my limbs no longer weeping. I… Continue reading

    I feel better
  • I Lost Motivation Overnight

    I just had one of the worst sleeps that I’ve ever had, and it is the sole reason for why I have only just woken up (been able to get out of bed). I couldn’t sleep through the night, I… Continue reading

    I Lost Motivation Overnight
  • It’s almost September

    Last week was one of the busiest weeks I’ve had since I moved (if we don’t count that one week half the department staff were quarantined). And now the weekend I’ve worked hard for is here! And it will be… Continue reading

    It’s almost September
  • Finding Confidence in New Areas

    There’s an area of skill that is relatively new to me. I’ve been doing a lot of the basics and every now and then doing brief research in my own time, but now that its relevancy is ramping up in… Continue reading

    Finding Confidence in New Areas
  • I thought it might be Tuesday when I woke up

    Time is a familiar friend that I’m not that close with anymore. I don’t remember what they’re like or what their favourite things are. They’re getting further and further away from me. Time during a pandemic is measured by the… Continue reading

    I thought it might be Tuesday when I woke up
  • Bzz bzz

    I almost totally forgot to post. Would have lost my streak (ง ื▿ ื)ว Today is going to be a busy day. It’ll be work bees in the morning and then research and writing bees in the afternoon … with… Continue reading

    Bzz bzz
  • Another Schedule Bites the Dust

    With recent events and achievements, I need to readjust the way I plan my schedule again. Which I feel that I have to do every fortnight, or at least every month. I should just write a book that is just… Continue reading

    Another Schedule Bites the Dust
  • Sunday

    Not a great week in terms of productivity, but I have made progress in a lot of areas of my life. Little steps at a time. I’ve made some changes to things I’m doing and have a few weeks of… Continue reading

    Sunday