*watches the tumbleweed*
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jadesfireGosh, it's quiet around here, by which I mean LJ in general as well as my journal in particular. I think everyone migrated to Twitter when I wasn't looking (I'm there under this username, although I don't Tweet very much) and forgot how to make posts more than 140 characters long.
The quiet around here is due to a combination of the weather and general busyness. In theory, keeping myself busy and occupied should be a great way to combat the SAD that usually wallops me at this time of year. In practice, I'm mostly getting very tired and cross with myself for not being able to keep the flat in any kind of state of tidiness or achieve anything at all in general. We also had some house-stress, which is over now but has left me a little washed out and bluesy. That leads to no posting, and the less I post, the less I want to post and add that to one of the nastiest cases of Writers Block that I've had since I started writing and mostly what you get is a whole lot of nothing.
On the other hand, I've got most of the drabbles done now (some morphed into ficlets, because apparently I can't write short SGA any more) and am starting to have itchings to write more, which is definitely A Good Thing. I won't be doing NaNo this year, but will be trying to write every day, so that I can get through some of my stack of promised stories before Yuletide kicks off. I also won't be writing for the 'Come As You Aren't' party, because I can't think of anything that I'm capable of writing that I haven't written yet (although suggestions are welcome ;)), so I'm going to concentrate on my requests/prompts/exchange list for now. Should keep me going until the new year...
So yes, most of the reason I haven't been posting is that my life seems to be a random mixture of mania and boredom right now. If I'm not dashing frantically from commitment to commitment, I'm twiddling my thumbs andreorganising my icons folder pretending to write. My concentration span is approximately that of a hyperactive gnat right now, so just writing this post has been tricky - I keep wandering off to do other things :S If I could concentrate for more than 5 minutes at a time, I'm sure I could achieve greatness. As it is, most of what I'm achieving is a mess. Hopefully it's the kind of mess that suddenly coalesces into something, but I'm not holding my breath.
Anyway, that's me. How are you guys? Still hanging on in there? *waves*
The quiet around here is due to a combination of the weather and general busyness. In theory, keeping myself busy and occupied should be a great way to combat the SAD that usually wallops me at this time of year. In practice, I'm mostly getting very tired and cross with myself for not being able to keep the flat in any kind of state of tidiness or achieve anything at all in general. We also had some house-stress, which is over now but has left me a little washed out and bluesy. That leads to no posting, and the less I post, the less I want to post and add that to one of the nastiest cases of Writers Block that I've had since I started writing and mostly what you get is a whole lot of nothing.
On the other hand, I've got most of the drabbles done now (some morphed into ficlets, because apparently I can't write short SGA any more) and am starting to have itchings to write more, which is definitely A Good Thing. I won't be doing NaNo this year, but will be trying to write every day, so that I can get through some of my stack of promised stories before Yuletide kicks off. I also won't be writing for the 'Come As You Aren't' party, because I can't think of anything that I'm capable of writing that I haven't written yet (although suggestions are welcome ;)), so I'm going to concentrate on my requests/prompts/exchange list for now. Should keep me going until the new year...
So yes, most of the reason I haven't been posting is that my life seems to be a random mixture of mania and boredom right now. If I'm not dashing frantically from commitment to commitment, I'm twiddling my thumbs and
Anyway, that's me. How are you guys? Still hanging on in there? *waves*
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Date: 2009-10-27 01:06 pm (UTC)Something that i got told by a dietician which I am playig with now.. raise your tryptophan levels in your diet. Its the building block for serotonin, a lot of depression symptoms are caused or made worse by a drop in serotonin levels. I have to say I was a bit sceptical that just having extra chicken, banana, cocoa, soya and the like were going to help, but I have to say that I apear to be more upbeat, so much so my partner has commented on it.
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Date: 2009-10-27 01:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-27 01:39 pm (UTC)Definitely get that lamp repaired! I don't know how I'd manage without my lights at this time of year.
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Date: 2009-10-27 03:10 pm (UTC)BTW: There really is something to the tryptophan-boosting diet. Brain Doc gave the kid a similar one years ago (lots of turkey, bananas and milk) and it worked for him.
A good day-starter is a smoothie made of a frozen banana broken into chunks, chocolate syrup and milk. Yummy and happy-making, all in one handy package. :)