Weekly things
Times we're fully alive, mistakes, and unspooling
Things from the day
Monday 5 August
She tells me there have been a few times she’s felt fully alive. I ask her what she was doing in those times. Sleeping well. Going to the gym. Journalling. It’s simple really, the things that can bring us out of the stupor, and back to life.
Tuesday 6 August
It’s funny, says Jeff, how success is often such an ephemeral thing.
Wednesday 6 August
I’m sitting at the kitchen table, moving between tabs on my laptop. My housemate enters, walks towards the sink, then to the fridge, and then back to the sink, and says, “Why am I doing all this toing and foing” and I stop mid-tab shuffle and laugh.
Thursday 7 August
Overheard: I wish I could, but I don’t want to1
Friday 9 August
I’m at a cafe and knock my water glass over and it spills onto the floor. The barista moves hastily for a mop as another customer tells me mistakes happen. I smile and say I’m having a clumsy day, but really I’m thinking this doesn’t feel like a mistake. Nothing broke. No one slipped. If an…