It’s true, alas, that negativity only begets more of the same. But I simply cannot help myself on this one! Universal truth: the winter blahs are back in brutal fashion, and I can’t come up with a single advantage to them for any sensible, normal human being, myself included. Wish I were a polar bear! Put me to sleep and wake me when the crocuses are in bloom!
These days, the energy required to achieve the most simple of physical tasks (let alone intellectual!) is probably one hundredfold compared to the same during the blissful, sunny, warm and irresistible summer months when everything and anything seems possible. So what to do? Medicate? Sit, eat bonbons while watching reruns? Lord, save us! Bundle up, walk a full mile or two, and pretend it’s all sooo healthy for me? Never worked, never will! Meditate? Move my mind to some tropical haven only to realize where I truly am upon return to reality? Even more depressing, thank you.
Ah, yes. There is of course the ultimate suggestion: Initiate THE novel project (as in, written by me) shelved since time immemorial. But don’t we know that too is utterly unrealistic. All my creative cells are currently on hold, remember?
Just letting off steam... There you have it, my grouchy bit of negativity for today.
Who knows, tomorrow might be better.
In the depths of winter, how difficult it is to capture the sun! I admire your sincerity and I am sure that many recognize this call of the body and the spirit to fall into hibernation at the first freezing winds. I tend also to think "wake me up when it's all over"! Fortunately, a good coffee, a bird at the window, a snowflake that captures the light and a writing project
RépondreEffacercan be enough to shake off our lethargy. It's magic!