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  • Day 26: All we can do is do all we can.

    Day 26: All we can do is do all we can.

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    This evening I baked a cake for my son’s birthday celebration at his preschool tomorrow. In an attempt to be inclusive, I made it gluten, dairy, and egg-free. From the taste, this will work perfectly, because no-one will eat it, and so won’t have to worry about allergies. Occasionally when I’m typing up a cute

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  • The Electric Needle ALS Test

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    Hi, This is another personal one, I’m afraid. Bear with me. The longer I go on with this project, the more I realise I can’t continue without telling this story. It’s the foundation for much of my…

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  • Bad things happen when sleep fights back

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    I’m already feeling a bit dizzy. I know why — this often happens when this train of thought arrives — but I can handle it. I think. Deep breath. This isn’t a story I’ve told before. My…

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  • The Sleep Conspiracy

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    Hi, I’m writing this in a haze of sleep deprivation, only slightly offset by a coffee so strong it’s probably illegal in multiple countries. Subscribe It began when my wife went out at 3 AM to direct…

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  • “I worked for a body influencer”

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    Hi, It’s been a while between posts! The good news is that my tardiness is because I got a new job, and it’s been keeping me really busy. The bad news I’d hinted darkly about in previous…

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  • The accidental body double

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    Last time I wrote about what I’d consider success to look like for this self-improvement malarkey. One measure was posting once a week; the other was getting art done. So it was shocking to realise that I’d…

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  • It’s just one of those days when you don’t wanna write stuff

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    Yesterday was a bit shit, to be honest. It started with bad news, not the sort that’s really bad, but the kind that can still send you hurtling over the handlebars of life. Worse, it’s not something…

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  • A cynic’s guide to self-improvement

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    I’m pretty sure most of self-improvement is a scam, but that hasn’t stopped me so far. I’m a sucker for self-improvement, born again every minute. Or at least every ninety days or so, which seems to be…

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  • Coming soon

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    This is The Cynic’s Guide To Self-Improvement. I don’t know why this post is here, how long it’s been here, or how it got published. I think it was some kind of glitch in the Substack setup…

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