Fake it 'till you make it. Look up, notice the sunshine, don't focus on the shadows. Have an attitude of gratitude. Have a bit of sunshine every day, weather permitting.
For those who study happiness, there is much to be said about these words. They aren't just truisms. Rhea pointed out this week that middle age and being blue go together. I do think tech woes can make one blue (or anxious, or existential). So can sinking stocks and stinky socks. Say that one.
Not that you have to be all chirpy, chirpy but these things are true; they can keep you from being blue. If you smile there is a positive effect.
Now I don't know if this is really something that works but my yoga teacher said if you bend over, slightly bend your knees, and just slump into the fall, grab each elbow and just...hang. Just....hang. Just doing this is very good for depression. OOOOOMMMMMMMM.
Now. If my computers and gadgets would just be hunky dory and the stocks would go up...
I wrote this post awhile back, before my computer froze and the stock market tanked, way back in November. I added a few updates after I read Rhea's post this week.
I wonder, though, for women, if January is really the month of reevaluating the next year, restructuring and though not depressing, per se, a month of hunkering down and setting priorities. It is for me, anyway.
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Posted by: MotherPie | January 31, 2008 at 05:59 AM
I read somewhere that you subscribe to "bloom where you are planted". Sante Fe couldn't be a better place to bloom.
The light and sky will help you out of that depression.
Posted by: Michelle Vandepas | January 31, 2008 at 06:14 AM
I thought I was the only one feeling a bit blue. Now I know it's because it's January and I'm middle aged. I'm going to try the yoga hang, and by golly I'm going to smile while I'm doing it too! :)
Posted by: allison | January 31, 2008 at 03:59 PM