Just considering what I want has changed my outlook about the career search. It may not be a realistic hope to become a world traveler or published novelist next year, but I can make reasonable steps towards those ambitions. I must stop neglecting what I want out of life, otherwise I'll never get excited about looking for a job. Here are some ( Read more... )

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I need to revise my chosen 6 changes for the year again. I realize it is essential for me to begin planning for further employment before the current work runs out near the end of the year. I am dropping the plan to "Read daily" because it can be deferred. Others can't. So here is the revised schedule:

1. Jan/Feb: Focus daily on creative writing
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I used the light box this morning. It made a much better start to the day.

Actually I started feeling better yesterday, as soon as I decided to resume using it, which makes me wonder what's really going on. Am I tricking myself? I don't care, as long as it works.

This evening I spoke with a friend who has used one for several years, and he says he ( Read more... )

Does anyone know when you're supposed to stop using lights to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder? My therapist suggested it's about now, so I stopped on Saturday, but I don't know. It's still kind of dark when I get out of bed.

These few days it has been painful to haul myself through the motions of my morning routine. Well, they're more than ( Read more... )

I seem to have arrived at as good a place as I have ever been. The move in August has helped.

Another good thing is I am finally establishing a morning routine that accomplishes some of my goals and puts me in a good frame of mind for the rest of the day. I've been struggling for a couple of years to get my rising time moved earlier so I would ( Read more... )