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Dec. 17th, 2001
something like productivity
Dec. 17th, 2001 01:52 pmToday is Sweetmorn, day 59 in the season of The Aftermath, 3167.
Well, over the course of the weekend I managed to:
That's...uncharacteristically productive for me at this time of year. Normally all I want to do is sit on the sofa and eat sugary, carb-laden food and not do much of anything. Add flat-out depression on top of the SAD, and that's a real recipe for disaster. I think I might've been on a bit of an upswing anyway, but the combination of SAM-e, NADH and acetyl l-carnitine, combined with reasonable daily doses of 5-HTP and making sure to have more intense light sources in the office have made an enormous difference in my mood. I don't want to burst into tears for no reason anymore, which I think makes everyone who deals with me on a regular basis happy. I don't feel mopey, and I've been told that I've been pretty upbeat lately (other people noticed it even when my own self-observation told me that I was still pretty down, but apparently others are more likely to notice that kind of thing before you are). I'm handling, at least so I'm told, the lack of employment situation with a surprising amount of equilibrium, minus this weekend's little meltdown, of course. I can get off my butt and get stuff done rather than sitting around thinking "I need to do X...eventually" VRP, you're my bestest friend.
And now, off to the post office to send little care packages to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
electriccat and wolfy and shayde. Hope stuff gets there this week.
Bob is really angry, I hope he doesn't catch me. It's so hard to run with this sombrero on my head.
Well, over the course of the weekend I managed to:
- unpack three boxes sitting in the bedroom that have been there since last April and find a bunch of stuff I'd forgotten I had. There are two more boxes of clothes and shoes, which require cleaning out the closet and a couple of drawers in my dresser before I can unpack them, plus another half box of toys that we need to find some space for.
- clean out half the closet and rediscover some clothes I'd forgotten I even owned in the suitcases that I unpacked (not that most of them come close to fitting right now, so it doesn't matter much). I'm seeing a trend with this unpacking and finding stuff I'd forgotten about thing. Found all my corsets and ballgown skirts and velvet gloves while I was at it; again, not that I am in any danger of needing them anytime soon. Maybe I can find an excuse to wear some of them for New Year's, but I doubt it.
- get together two big trash bags full of clothes to go to Goodwill either this afternoon or tomorrow
- gather up some stuff that needs to go on eBay and hang up my purple light string from Le Target in the bedroom
- clean up the kitchen and make brownies (Mmm, SAD-related carb and sugar cravings)
- do several loads of laundry, to be followed today by about 6 more to take care of the stuff I just unpacked. I think I'll save that until after I clean out the dresser though.
- go out with Chris and find some stuff for Xmas presents for friends, and wrap a couple of presents
- go to the gym on Saturday night and do 50 minutes on the elliptical at the highest resistance level I've used yet
- discuss application design with Chris for an hour or so to try to make this last little project aggressive-idiot-proof
That's...uncharacteristically productive for me at this time of year. Normally all I want to do is sit on the sofa and eat sugary, carb-laden food and not do much of anything. Add flat-out depression on top of the SAD, and that's a real recipe for disaster. I think I might've been on a bit of an upswing anyway, but the combination of SAM-e, NADH and acetyl l-carnitine, combined with reasonable daily doses of 5-HTP and making sure to have more intense light sources in the office have made an enormous difference in my mood. I don't want to burst into tears for no reason anymore, which I think makes everyone who deals with me on a regular basis happy. I don't feel mopey, and I've been told that I've been pretty upbeat lately (other people noticed it even when my own self-observation told me that I was still pretty down, but apparently others are more likely to notice that kind of thing before you are). I'm handling, at least so I'm told, the lack of employment situation with a surprising amount of equilibrium, minus this weekend's little meltdown, of course. I can get off my butt and get stuff done rather than sitting around thinking "I need to do X...eventually" VRP, you're my bestest friend.
And now, off to the post office to send little care packages to
electriccat and wolfy and shayde. Hope stuff gets there this week.Bob is really angry, I hope he doesn't catch me. It's so hard to run with this sombrero on my head.
