Thanks for the great list of sitting activities! I’m taking a few to heart.
I hope the exercise of putting it together and seeing how you’re involved in community efforts and have broad awareness of what’s going on civically (it’s fucking hard to keep our heads in that horrific mess…) gave you a boost in serotonin. And the positive feedback from your readers gave you a bonus boost.
As a fellow older job seeker and a depressive, I can attest that moving your body as much as possible, getting direct sunshine, and fresh air help mind and body immensely. They aren’t complete cures, but they produce good chemicals in your body and can be catalysts.
I hope you click immediately with your hot therapist. I’m rooting for you!
That's a pretty comprehensive list for someone who is doing nothing but sitting. I get it, I spent several days just pulling sweat pants on over my pajamas when I *had* to go out of the house. Sending love. Hot showers and a good hair wash feel like renewal to me. Just saying. ❤️🩹 Also okay to wallow for a bit. A bit.
I can be fastidious while I'm sitting. I want to make it as easy as possible for people to do things. Looking up links and doing Google searches is a hurdle.
Took a shower this morning. It's only been five days. Progress.
Please 'splain the freezing your credit part. What do we think can happen. I'm already having a helluva time getting my SS which should have started in January, which I applied for in November and was told it takes a month to process. It's been a long month....
Leslie, I felt similar during the previous Christmas, in fact I emailed my psychiatrist on Christmas Eve. I do hope you feel better soon, it's an awful, helpless, guilt-laden way to feel (I felt guilty for feeling so crap when I "felt" I had nothing to really feel crap about, endless circle of doom). Poetry lifted me out of it, as well as antidepressants of course. Sending you big hugs, Francesca xx
Thank you for the curated action items. Who’s a good girl? You’re a good girl!! And I saw that pannagram first thing when I opened spelling bee and thought who the fuck thought of that? It’s either perfect or a coincidence. Love you Leslie. Let’s get together again soon. Keep on moving forward— we need you.
Thank you for your list. It sounds like mine and now I know I'm not the only one. I love you!
Many just like us. Love you too.
Thanks for the great list of sitting activities! I’m taking a few to heart.
I hope the exercise of putting it together and seeing how you’re involved in community efforts and have broad awareness of what’s going on civically (it’s fucking hard to keep our heads in that horrific mess…) gave you a boost in serotonin. And the positive feedback from your readers gave you a bonus boost.
As a fellow older job seeker and a depressive, I can attest that moving your body as much as possible, getting direct sunshine, and fresh air help mind and body immensely. They aren’t complete cures, but they produce good chemicals in your body and can be catalysts.
I hope you click immediately with your hot therapist. I’m rooting for you!
It was therapeutic to write that list. But it was also intended to help people who may be too drained to find their bearings.
It's a little too dark and cold (literally and figuratively), but when the sun shines, I'm outside walking with my headphones on.
Thanks for the cheerleading and the connection. These things last beyond the hard times.
That's a pretty comprehensive list for someone who is doing nothing but sitting. I get it, I spent several days just pulling sweat pants on over my pajamas when I *had* to go out of the house. Sending love. Hot showers and a good hair wash feel like renewal to me. Just saying. ❤️🩹 Also okay to wallow for a bit. A bit.
I can be fastidious while I'm sitting. I want to make it as easy as possible for people to do things. Looking up links and doing Google searches is a hurdle.
Took a shower this morning. It's only been five days. Progress.
Please 'splain the freezing your credit part. What do we think can happen. I'm already having a helluva time getting my SS which should have started in January, which I applied for in November and was told it takes a month to process. It's been a long month....
Thanks for the best thing I read all day. And you asked for recommendations. Mine is Gene Weingarten, who is pissed with the Post and writes beautifully on Substack. https://open.substack.com/pub/geneweingarten/p/try-these?r=uwd3&utm_medium=ios
Thank you! I’ll update my list!
Leslie, I felt similar during the previous Christmas, in fact I emailed my psychiatrist on Christmas Eve. I do hope you feel better soon, it's an awful, helpless, guilt-laden way to feel (I felt guilty for feeling so crap when I "felt" I had nothing to really feel crap about, endless circle of doom). Poetry lifted me out of it, as well as antidepressants of course. Sending you big hugs, Francesca xx
Thank you for the curated action items. Who’s a good girl? You’re a good girl!! And I saw that pannagram first thing when I opened spelling bee and thought who the fuck thought of that? It’s either perfect or a coincidence. Love you Leslie. Let’s get together again soon. Keep on moving forward— we need you.
You've got yourself a mean case of the blues. Do you play guitar?
I do. I learned so I could sing with myself, but my voice is gone, so I don’t pick it up much anymore.