I have been making a concerted effort to be happy. And it's working! woot. A few weeks ago, I realized that I had been letting depression build in the back of my mind for months, until finally it suddenly tried to take over and things were pretty bad a lot of the time. I wanted to stop it. So I decided to remain alert and recognize the symptoms of depression when they are setting in, and stop them before they can spiral out of control. This method is working quite well. Whenever a depressing thought or ominous feeling comes up, I look at it sharply and say, "I know you & I've seen you before. You will not control my life! Go away." And then the depression mostly runs away.
Other things that have been keeping the happiness up:
- Signs of spring
- Optimistic thinking
- Friends and family
- Adventure to the ocean & anticipating many more in the summertime
- Tuesdays and Thursdays
- New shoes
- Being inspired by people I admire
- Trying to stop my doom & gloom attitude toward the future and embrace possibility instead
- Lovely music
- Writing Contests
In other random news, a show of dorkiness: today happens to be the birthday of everyone's favorite werewolf (or at least, Sirius Black's and my own favorite werewolf). I think that if one tried hard enough, he could probably find a holiday for every day of the year. Perhaps I will make that a personal goal. And bake cupcakes all the time to celebrate.
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