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Anya's Photos of the Day
A first-person account of recovery from a serious traumatic brain injury


Open Door with their new wall
February 15, 2024 Kind of another failure on photos today. The only photo I have is one that I took at Open Door, where I volunteered at...

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Feb 15, 20242 min read


Shop and feet over grocery list
FEBRUARY 14, 2024 Total failure on photos today, but that’s pretty much the only failure today. It ended really well. The only photo I...

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Feb 14, 20242 min read


Support Group over Spanish with Cole, Ben, Laura
FEBRURARY 13, 2024 Ok, let’s go through my day. Yet again I failed to take good notes on everything, so I’m definitely going to miss...

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Feb 13, 20242 min read


Barroco with Aracely and Victor over Mojo meetup
February 12, 2024 Alright, today I did several things. First of all, I took my meds at 8am with half an avocado. Then, I completed my...

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Feb 13, 20242 min read


Dinner at Revival over game morning and Bernie workout
FEBRURARY 11, 2024 Today was a confusing and surprisingly busy day. In the morning, I listened to my earlier-than-normal alarm and took...

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Feb 11, 20242 min read


Indian dinner over Knitting lesson
FEBRUARY 10, 2024 Ok, today was a day. I managed to do a couple “get out of the house” things. The first thing I did was I slept very...

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Feb 10, 20242 min read


Mayo selfie over food with fat counts
FEBRUARY 9, 2024 Well, today I totally forgot to take a single photo. At night, after I’d already thrown up my medication, I realized...

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Feb 9, 20242 min read


Dr. Abeykoon over First Meeting Noodle meal with Papa
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 Alright... today I learned that I really have to keep writing these to cement things into my mind. The reason I need to...

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Feb 8, 20242 min read


Guavas with mom & Kathy + slamitaire with Jodi, Kathy
FEBRUARY 4, 2024 My third February! This time I decided to border my photos in “white diamond,” which is new and interesting. I’m still...

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Feb 4, 20242 min read


Gym with Jodi/Bill and Trivia with Liam crew + Jodi/Bill
FEBRUARY 3, 2024 Alright, here goes the second one I’m writing for February. I admit it’s after midnight now, so technically it’s the...

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Feb 4, 20242 min read


Yoga with Debi
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 Alright next day. I arrived at yoga like half an hour early, and in that extra time, I rolled out a mat and did the...

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Feb 1, 20241 min read


Methodist volunteer and Spanish 5 with Atala
JANUARY 30, 2024 Well, it’s almost the next night. Yesterday I volunteered at Methodist in the morning. There was a huge confusion with...

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Jan 31, 20241 min read


Spanish meet with William, Jose, Jack... and Mijaeil
JANUARY 29, 2024 Alright, I just have to say outright that I’m at a real low point. The cool part of my day was attending a Spanish...

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Jan 29, 20242 min read


Tipsy Steer with mom + bedding and things
JANUARY 28, 2024 Let’s go... this morning I had my meds around 8:30 am with a quick bites protein pack with 13g fat that I had bought a...

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Jan 28, 20242 min read


Methodist volunteer, puzzles and gym
JANUARY 27, 2024 Well, I’m just too tired to finish writing this today. It was a very, very full day. I’ve just got my first draft of the...

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Jan 27, 20243 min read


Cards con la familia and O.D. Rotary picture
January 26, 2024 I’ll just skip to my photos today. At night, my family all played a few rounds of multi-person solitaire together at my...

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Jan 26, 20242 min read


Open Door with Ruby and Potatoes
January 25, 2024 Today I was surprised by one good conversation I had at Open Door. It was with someone named Ruby, who I’ve seen work as...

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Jan 25, 20242 min read


Hannah and Vertical Endeavors
January 24, 2024 I don’t even know what the best part of my day was today, but I have many things to choose from. In the morning, I went...

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Jan 25, 20242 min read


Open Door with Lee
January 23, 2024 Ok, my best part of the day today was definitely the conversation I had with a retired guy named Lee at Open Door. He’s...

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Jan 23, 20242 min read


Spanish meet, also with Leo and Ronaldo
January 22, 2024 Here we go... I’ll jump straight into my Spanish meetup today. Today, a girl at the group I attend told me that she’d...

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Jan 22, 20242 min read
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