Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s believed to be caused by the changing seasons. Typically, symptoms begin to worsen around fall and peak during the winter months. Symptoms of SAD are similar to other forms of depression, including feelings of hopelessness, lack of concentration, social withdrawal, and fatigue. Treatments for SAD include medication, talk therapy, exercise, and eating a healthy diet
Besides being high in omega-3s, salmon is a great source of lean proteins. While a richly marbled rib-eye steak is undoubtedly delicious, the high saturated fat content may not be good for your mood or your body. Lean proteins, however, carry plenty of amino acids, which may positively affect your mood. Lean proteins are also a great source of energy, which is something you’ll need to help beat fatigue.
Source: Healthline
Month: December 2019
🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ It’s An Inside Job
Remember that happiness is an inside job. That means that no one but you can really make you happy, even though it may not feel that way. When I see a smile on the face of someone I care about, it makes me happy, especially if I helped put it there. Maybe it is an inside job after all.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ It’s Really All About You
“The sooner you realize that your writing is all about you the quicker you’ll be able to write what you’re meant to be writing.” ―
🍎 Health Hack ~ Exercise = Brain Power
Aerobic exercise like walking, jogging, or gardening may help your brain’s hippocampus — the part that’s linked to memory and learning — grow. It also might slow the shrinking of your hippocampus that can lead to memory loss as you get older.
Some studies suggest the regrowth is stronger if you like the activity you’re doing. So find something you enjoy and get going.
💫 Inspiring Quote ~ Live With Passion
“You’ve gotta blow the roof off of your heart and let the universe in.” ~ Lou Reed
🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Let Writing Grab Hold of You
“For many writers the goal is a 1,000 words a day. For me – just give me one thought, and the words will take are of themselves.” ―
Feel Good Hack ~ Step Back & Look at the Big Picture
Look at the big picture. Most of the things that prevent us from feeling happy are day-to-day life issues. Once in a while, you go through something that makes the little things seem inconsequential, and this is when you need to remember that life is still going on, and whatever the issue is, it will end. Look at your life as a whole—not just the bad parts.
Today’s Poem ~ Poem of Life
POEM OF LIFE
Life is but a stopping place,
A pause in what’s to be,
A resting place along the road,
to sweet eternity.
We all have different journeys,
Different paths along the way,
We all were meant to learn some things,
but never meant to stay…
Our destination is a place,
Far greater than we know.
For some the journey’s quicker,
For some the journey’s slow.
And when the journey finally ends,
We’ll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting peace,
Together with the lord
– Author unknown
Today’s Poem ~ Artist’s Life
Artist’s Life
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Of all the waltzes the great Strauss wrote,
mad with melody, rhythm–rife
From the very first to the final note,
Give me his ‘Artist’s Life!’
It stirs my blood to my finger ends,
Thrills me and fills me with vague unrest,
And all that is sweetest and saddest blends
Together within my breast.
It brings back that night in the dim arcade,
In love’s sweet morning and life’s best prime,
When the great brass orchestra played and played,
And set our thoughts to rhyme.
It brings back that Winter of mad delights,
Of leaping pulses and tripping feet,
And those languid moon-washed Summer nights
When we heard the band in the street.
It brings back rapture and glee and glow,
It brings back passion and pain and strife,
And so of all the waltzes I know,
Give me the ‘Artist’s Life.’
For it is so full of the dear old time–
So full of the dear friends I knew.
And under its rhythm, and lilt, and rhyme,
I am always finding–you.
