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Noahie Valk
Welcome! This is where you can find my most up-to-date writings. Divided into two sections. 1) Cogito: a diary and 2) IOKTIKN: a collection of standalone essays and short stories.
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Just before starting my timer to sprint out this entry, I sat for a moment to try and think of some kind of game plan for how I wanted to structure this entry. After about maybe fifteen seconds of thought, I realized that I was going...
Over the last day or two, I've been dealing with an onset of fatigue. A few reasons for this: I ran out of my Mounjaro prescription, and despite seeing my provider to get a refill, it's been several days and they haven't put in the...
These days, I find myself in a relaxing tedium. I'll take that over being manic or depressed every day. For the first time in a long time, things feel predictable. I finally feel like I have some kind of grasp over myself and my...
I've been thinking more about my position on tech privacy. My position is one that I haven't really seen anyone else articulate, and I think it would be valuable to share. I've read several sites and watched videos related to increasing...
Lately, I've been feeling a certain staleness in writing these entries. This is mostly because my emotions have been stable, and while it's a welcome season in my life, I can't help but feel like I've lacked a certain visceral emotional...
Early yesterday afternoon, I fell asleep and slept throughout the rest of the entire day and through the night. That antipsychotic I took the night before really wiped me out. I woke up this morning at my usual time and got my day...
When I went to the gym yesterday, I finally decided to do some strength training. I was a bit nervous to start since I didn't know how I'd fare. Things ended up going well enough. I used a few machines: leg press, chest press, lat...
CHECK OUT SOMNIA, A NOVEL | NEW CHAPTERS (ALMOST) DAILY I've finally gotten the ball rolling on Somnia. It's a project I've been stewing on for a while, and I finally feel like, after a period of meditation and logistical setup, I can...
I think I've been struggling with standards lately. I say this because I'm not attending Divine Liturgy today. Instead, I decided to stay home and write. There were a lot of things going through my mind when making the decision not to...
"It is written that man will not live by bread alone, but by every word from the mouth of God." Life has been good lately, but I still deal with fear. It's not an irrational fear, but what I think is a healthy one. I think it's...
A few months back, I discovered the idea of chaos magick and have been thinking about it a lot in spurts since then. In chaos magick, the main idea behind it is that one can effectuate change in certain domains of the world based on the...
A poem I'm the writing on the walls I'm nothing at all I'm the ghost you keep on seeing I'm the check you never cashed I'm the thing you keep putting off I'm the thing you keep on chasing I'm the freckles on your face I'm the wind...
A thread I've been weaving lately: the consequences of cognitive warfare have completely changed the way we interact with the world. To throw out a phrase like "cognitive warfare" is quite alarming and might come off as vague or...
I've been on Mounjaro for three weeks now, and just had my week four dose today. People keep calling it a miracle drug, and they're not far off. Many of my current health issues—type II diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea—are caused...
I still feel gross from my flu, but I'm about 90% recovered. It's been tough getting up in the mornings, but that's nothing new. The best strategy I've found that consistently gets me up in the morning is keeping my phone by my desk so...