One thing that consistently keeps me alive is the fact that there will always be new things to enjoy. As a person who has been prone to get real, REAL depressed on a regular basis since, well, birth, really, or at least as far back as I can remember, life can feel gray and bland and without any sort of point or meaning a lot of the time. I don’t always have the energy or wherewithal to seek out new books / movies / TV / music / sensations / foods / ideas / hobbies / smells / etc. but I can and will at some point and so in the meantime, I will wave from under the weighted blanket with a box of Cheez-Its and fall asleep in front of a Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and that’s fine. Sometimes the new things are those I seek out, sometimes they’re foisted upon me for better or for worse.
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