I am an idiot.
Last few weeks have been feeling wiped and completely unmotivated, in spite of having hugely important stuff to get on with. Thought it was a mixture of ongoing grumbling lurgy and, recently, freezing cold house. But I just realised:
I haven't switched my SAD lamp on at all this Autumn/Winter.
And that mix of slight tearfulness, slight fearfulness, paranoia and not-quite-able to get into anything are the usual winter slump symptoms.
It's quite a positive thing in a way. I've been doing so well and achieving so much this year that it never even occurred to me that I ought to SAD-proof my brain. But I obviously still need my dose of midwinter sunshine.
Will sort that out as soon as I'm back home. Bright and shiny engery will be mine!
Last few weeks have been feeling wiped and completely unmotivated, in spite of having hugely important stuff to get on with. Thought it was a mixture of ongoing grumbling lurgy and, recently, freezing cold house. But I just realised:
I haven't switched my SAD lamp on at all this Autumn/Winter.
And that mix of slight tearfulness, slight fearfulness, paranoia and not-quite-able to get into anything are the usual winter slump symptoms.
It's quite a positive thing in a way. I've been doing so well and achieving so much this year that it never even occurred to me that I ought to SAD-proof my brain. But I obviously still need my dose of midwinter sunshine.
Will sort that out as soon as I'm back home. Bright and shiny engery will be mine!