Canon's Diary

Action without thought is empty; thought without action is blind – Goethe

While living with schizophrenia, I move between Tokyo and Osaka. Through this journal, I hope to quietly share moments from my daily life—and memories from the journey I’ve taken with my illness.

Tuesday, May 27th.
The sky is bright today. I stepped out of my apartment, took out the burnable garbage, and headed to work.
The ten-minute walk for my commute is now a familiar routine.

Yesterday, I checked my pedometer and found that including the walk to and from work, plus climbing the stairs to the 6th floor of the headquarters building, I had surpassed my daily target of 5,000 steps. My total calorie burn reached 2,500 kcal.
Reaching those numbers on a day without playing tennis or any particular workout means that just going through my normal routine provides a decent amount of physical activity—an encouraging sign.
If I manage to balance my intake of protein, carbohydrates, and vitamins, I think my overall physical condition will improve further.

Tonight, there will be a welcome party for the new members of our department, including myself.
I canceled my tennis lesson for the evening and rescheduled it for Thursday night.
I’ve missed several lessons lately, so I have quite a few make-up sessions to do, but if I use the weekends wisely, I should be able to catch up soon.

These days, websites for finding tennis events are also well developed.
Since I’m now living in Osaka, I’d like to start building new connections here as soon as I can.

Sorry, I’ll leave it at that for today.

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