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[kellianne]

Today was, according to science, The Most Depressed Day Of The Year.

I fared well. The most depressing day of the year actually came a few days early for me, and I am happy to have the worst of '08 finished with so quickly.

How did you do?

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[hunterxtc.livejournal.com]

I wore a nice argyle sweater to work and felt good about the way I looked... I went to the gym and rode the bike for an hour while listening to my favorite music!

I was very happy... I guess we have to balance out the people who were depressed....

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

and there we have further proof that exercise heals everything. plus it makes you look good in an argyle sweater!

i don't know how you spend so much time at the gym, though. your music must be better than mine!!!

[mcfnord.livejournal.com]

i was kinda depressed! thanks, science!

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

at least you know that there is an explanation for your depression!!

[euphorbia.livejournal.com]

yeah, my grandmother, grandfather and great-uncle and Joe's dad (who killed himself) all died on 1/23. This week definitely sucks. but those events have made me more aware of the depressive tendencies this time of year brings.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

i feel like it's important for those of us who sport depressive tendencies to bond together through this time of the year. create activities to inspire each other. start important projects.

i'm a chronic hopeful who is constantly trying to rally through my depression. i get really down when i've reached out to someone to rally through and been spurned. something of that sort happened last week, and i had to remind myself that we can't all be on the same page all the time. we can't always feel connected.

i'm still gonna be a chronic hopeful, though. gotta stay gold, even on the 23rd.

[euphorbia.livejournal.com]

amen. use the love around you to keep everyone strong.

[euphorbia.livejournal.com]

i know very little about what happened last week but I am sorry that it happened.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

even i know only one perspective of what happened. which makes me even more sorry.

i'm luckily hardwired for positivity- even at my most depressed. i think most people are. it's the little orphan annie syndrome!

[magneticwoman.livejournal.com]

i have to say, coming home from sunny florida to freezing cold temps in boston was pretty depressing. but i was on xanax so i slept through most of it. i have to say though i did have some depressing thoughts about finances and starting school again. and i got kinda jealous of one of my friends who just randomly bought a new car this weekend (like it was nothing) and it really bummed me out... i should be excited for them and instead i was like "i wish i could do that..."

this time of year is really hard for people like waitresses because no one wants to dine out now the the holidays are over. it's lean times right now...

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

in a few short years, you will be able to live life like that friend of yours! you're setting everything up now!

this time of year is hard for hairstylists, too. that's why i'm kind of glad i'm not working at all. i'm busier at home than i would ever be at work during january. it's much more inspiring to organize my books than it is to sit hour after hour in an empty salon.

[bostonista.livejournal.com]

I actually really enjoy January, because it's when the light starts coming back. I'm very light-sensitive, and December is all sorts of bummer, for me, because it's so dark.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

i was happily noticing this week how much later the sun was setting!

for some reason, february/march is really tough for me. i have a plan to not let it get me down this year- it involves lots of yoga and forcing myself outside whenever it's not a gray day!

[smapple.livejournal.com]

I worked during the day, had a really nice day actually. then the evening, between the beautiful january twilight, the GORGEOUS full moon, spending time by myself here in Marshfield, and eating tasty food, I was feeling pretty happy.

then once I decided to go to bed, I heard coyotes howling at the moon in the woods and my friend the great horned owl started hooting from the rooftop to her mate in the forest and back and forth and it was a wonderful lullaby.

:)

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

that sounds wonderful!!!

that full moon was amazing!! we took a drive out to a neighboring town to pick up my new hairstylist chair. on the way home, it was still daylight and the moon was HUGE over the mountains! the sun had just started to set a bit behind the range and so there was a delightful 1970s orange blending in with the cornflower blue of the sky. ahh. lovely.

[smapple.livejournal.com]

I had a similar moment myself! driving and watching the pale moon in a salmon pink/cornflower blue sky. so nice.

[bifteck.livejournal.com]

I was actually really depressed. Surprisingly so.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

are you coming to our ladies book club meeting on february 8th? that will be uplifting!!

[bifteck.livejournal.com]

I haven't been keeping up with the books at all, but perhaps I can still get it and read it in time! And if not, well, maybe I'll come and get my fill of Mexican & margaritas anyway.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

come come! i'd love to see you! i haven't read the book and don't generally intend to. there's no time to read in Seattle! no long subway rides up in here.

[bifteck.livejournal.com]

That gives me hope! I will be there!

[look.livejournal.com]

i am pretty antisocial in january but this year i am making an effort to go out more - especially this week knowing it is the saddest time of the year.

you just have to force yourself to get out there. makes you feel worlds better.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

it makes me wonder about our decision to make our non-drinking month January. i can't decide if it makes things easier or worse.

I didn't even notice.

[pangaea.livejournal.com]

Guess, I'm just happier this year overall, versus year ago, so no complaints. Light therapy helps. :)

Re: I didn't even notice.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

oh we've been talking about starting light therapy! glad to hear it does work. i think if i couple light therapy with yoga, i could become a buddha!

[ricecricket.livejournal.com]

i'm more depressed today. but i'm sort of bringing it on my sulking self.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

quit your bitchin. it's the snow's fault we missed each other over the holidays.

[ricecricket.livejournal.com]

i know. & now that you're all moving & getting married & shit, i have to go visit you especially. much easier when everyone is in new york or thereabouts.

& i'm not even invited to the wedding! afraid you'll chip another tooth in my presence?

[billetdoux.livejournal.com]

Blue Monday? Oh, it was okay I think... I saw amanda and harry and alice... that was nice. Read lemony snicket. rode on trains. those things tend to cheer anyone up.

[kellianne.livejournal.com]

should i be reading lemony snicket?

[billetdoux.livejournal.com]

Probably not. Ask me when I'm done. They're entertaining but... it's weird. The plot is supremely ridiculous and disappointing after reading something like Harry Potter, but his sense of humor is a constant dull pleasantness, and he works in funny little in-jokes for the adults.

I'd probably just read his adult work. I really liked "watch your mouth."