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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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When I start my timer to write these entries, a small fear likes to return. I'll sit down and start writing, but then realize that I have nothing to say. I'll realize it, the timer will keep going, and then it'll stop. I'll see the...
Divine Liturgy was great today, thanks for asking. I feel like today has been a good day, despite the fact that I'm coming here to write in the evening as opposed to the morning. Most days, I have a strong routine. I wake up, take care...
Today has been a tiring day. I'm too tired to even write, but I still feel the need to drag myself to my computer and get my words in. There's this sense that I can come here and start to figure myself out, my feelings, and what exactly...
I've been a casual user of the Melonland forum for a while now. I first made an account back when I launched this site in February of last year. Melon has done a great job running his forum. His art and software projects are always a...
A milestone: today is the first day I set my sprint timer to thirty minutes. I am excited to see how this goes. The longer these sprints get, the longer these entries should get in theory. However, I don't know if I want the entries to...
I use LLMs to help edit my writing. For a long time, I had a ChatGPT Plus subscription. I stuck with ChatGPT because I was a fan of the memory feature, which kept coherence across threads. It was nice not only for working on writing...
Yesterday, I didn't write because I went back to Divine Liturgy after six months of absence. It felt good to be back. When I first attended services, my feet would hurt the whole time. I was so out of shape that I couldn't even stand for...
I started my timer, as is custom when I sit down to write. Usually, the timer sets off something in me that makes me able to come up with a structure for these entries on the fly, but this time I don't have much of a structure at all and...
I didn't get to write yesterday because I had a doctor's appointment. The day before yesterday, I scheduled the appointment because my cheap blood pressure machine at home told me I had a blood pressure of 155/100. I hadn't seen the...
Yesterday, I collapsed. I remember that after lunch, I took a nap and was just so upset at how tired I've been. I've been making progress with my CPAP. I'll put it on and can fall asleep with it, but can't keep the mask on throughout the...
Today I am six months nicotine-free. I never thought I'd make it this far, honestly. Every day it gets easier, but there are still many triggers. It's crazy how much I notice smoking in media I watch. Every time I see someone smoking a...
I've had a good morning so far. I finally figured out a good way to get morning and evening prayers back into my routine. I was originally reading prayers out of an Orthodox prayer book that I got when I visited a local parish. Reading...
I was texting some friends in a group chat earlier this morning. We've been pals since high school, nearly fifteen years at this point. On occasion, we'll talk about people we went to school with. There's been a lot that's happened to...
I'm awake, and so far my morning has been peaceful and routine. It always feels nice when things go the way we expect them to. I'm a bit upset though because I've still been dealing with more sleepiness and fatigue lately. Yesterday I...
I feel well today. Yesterday, I ended up taking a long afternoon nap. I was fine with doing that because my body was still a bit sore from drinking the night before. This morning, though, I feel better. I think I'll have to stop drinking...