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October 6th, 2005, 09:29 AM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
I suffer some horrible winter depression. Took some years to figure out why my mood went south each winter.
In addition to the good advice from others, I also found this device:
http://www.sleepwellbaby.com/index.a...PROD&ProdID=47
Can't get out of bed without it in the winter time.
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October 6th, 2005, 10:38 AM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
I used to love winter for the snow and the darkness as well. That was when I worked nights, and the sun was a cursed thing.
I still enjoy the snow, except when I have to dig my car out of the plowed up snowbank. But since last spring when I moved to working day shift, I find I enjoy the sunlight alot more. This will be my first winter working days, so it will be rather odd for a bit I'n sure.
I just thought my changes in attitude about winter were me getting older, so I try to find anything I can to enjoy about it, and ignore the rest (like the three month christmas season, 1 month = good, that's enough).
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October 6th, 2005, 11:50 AM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
In this case I can advise AT to never visit Finland in Autumn. I did like the nights drawing in, not so much I wished away summers, but I liked the change. Then I spent September/November just outside Helsinki. That was depressingly bleak. After that I understood the high suicide rates and chronic alcohol problems in Scandanavia. It was so bad it made British weather seem cheerful. 
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October 6th, 2005, 02:15 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
It's always a little odd when sunrise is sunset, isn't it?  The wonders of the cold white north.
Personally, during the winter months I like long drives in the dark. It gives time to think about things uninterrupted for as long as you're on the road, and sometimes taking the time to thouroughly think through things can be a very good thing.
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October 6th, 2005, 02:46 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
Apparently Atrocities' vampire bite is wearing off...
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October 6th, 2005, 03:35 PM
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I find that going to bed about 10 and waking up early leaves me more energetic.
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October 6th, 2005, 03:57 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
I've noticed that 6-8 hours of sleep at night is better than 10-12 during the day, though an hour in the afternoon is nice sometimes.
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October 6th, 2005, 06:04 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
It probably doesn't help that we live in a rainy temperate climate. I happen to like the rain, so the rainy nites don't really bother me. Cold cloudy days do though. It's the grey that gets to me. I'm thankful that at nite I can't see those grey clouds. You should probably drink more. Two negative make a positive!
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October 6th, 2005, 07:34 PM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
Only when subtracting.
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October 7th, 2005, 10:29 AM
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Re: A Tangent: There Was A Time
Multiplying works to. 1 drink for every cloud in the sky? I can live with that.  |
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