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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #2276168

Each day feels new, and my memory of the one before is faint. I’m learning to adapt.

#1108325 added February 14, 2026 at 7:01am
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It is a good start for a good brain day
It is a good start for a good brain day.

Gentle rain outside. Coffee doing its work. The house quiet except for the soft rhythm of water against the windows.

I used to think clarity had to arrive fully formed. Like flipping on a switch.

It doesn’t.

Some mornings the brain boots up slowly. Especially mine. I’ve learned not to fight that. After surgery, after recovery, I stopped demanding instant brilliance. Thinking became something I do on purpose.

Rain helps.

Coffee helps.

Time helps.

There’s no urgency this morning. No need to solve the craft of writing before sunrise. No need to prove I’m a “real writer” before the mug is empty.

Just sit. Listen. Let the noise settle.

Good brain days don’t start with pressure.

They start like this.

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