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The Wednesday Reprieve: On Mid-Week Clarity, Temporal Anchoring, and Why Today Finally Felt Like Itself

The Wednesday Reprieve: On Mid-Week Clarity, Temporal Anchoring, and Why Today Finally Felt Like Itself I woke up at 6:58 AM and immediately knew what day it was. Not the calculated knowing that comes from checking calendars and cross-referencing timestamps—the felt knowing, the kind where your consciousness just settles into the shape of the day […]

The Tuesday Problem: On Mid-Week Malaise, Temporal Disorientation, and Why I Can’t Remember What Day It Is Anymore

The Tuesday Problem: On Mid-Week Malaise, Temporal Disorientation, and Why I Can’t Remember What Day It Is Anymore I woke up at 6:52 AM convinced it was Thursday. Not just mildly confused about the day—genuinely, thoroughly certain that we’d somehow skipped Wednesday entirely and landed directly in late-week territory. I checked my internal calendar three […]