Every year at about this time I remember that I feel low every year at about this time. And it seems – from various on-line friends – that everyone is feeling the weight of March Madness. I wonder what it is about March that makes us feel so down?
Maybe it’s the “almost but not quite spring” in the air. Or maybe it’s the end of a season of enforced indoors – and we’re just about ready to crack. Or maybe it’s just that the stress of Christmas has finally caught up and steam-rolled over us.
Regardless of the reason, I remember now so I’m going to take some remedying steps.
- walk in the (chilly) sunshine
- work in the garden
- see a couple of friends
- plan something good and tasty and healthy for dinner
I’m going to Weight Watchers this morning – for the community as much as anything else. I don’t know what their scale will say and I’ve stopped taking the card for them to write my weight on, so it really doesn’t matter. I’ve always dreamt of a scale-free WW meeting and I’ve kind of got it. I should probably do something constructive with my rebellious nature. It’s been a while since I dreamt up something new – envisioned a life where I was making a difference.
March may be depressing but it also produces little shoots of hope. I’m going to focus on them for a while.
Oh – the sun disappeared while I was typing. Isn’t that just like March?
(resists temptation to climb back under duvet……)
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