Get in your car and take a random drive. Every once in a while flip a coin to decide whether to turn left or right. Don't worry about where you're headed; just go and enjoy the journey.

I'm with you there.

Also, I want to have the conversation I put off with you a week or two ago.

Suffering and then recovering from a stroke helps with that, but I don't actually recommend it.

Well, it varies among individuals, but yeah there was definitely a reality-altering aspect to the event itself, as well as the less extreme but also reality-changing aspects of the recovery.

Pick something you never thought you could do, and try it?

dance class? climbing trees? take a painting class?

It's almost november!

Hm, maybe. Though that is possibly close enough to the things that I stress about that maybe it would backfire...

Come to the spookwalk Legends is having (oct 17/18, I'll be there the 18th) and scare kids!

How's your exercise regime going? Have you slipped? People often seem to feel like this when they stop exercising.

You could have a religious revelation.

You could go clubbing.

That's probably the easiest thing you can fix, getting more exercise. If you have SAD problems, take walks during the daytime.

I have no clue what people wear to clubs. Black? Metrosexual stuff? It probably depends on the club... I figure, dancing hard to a driving bass beat is one of the closest things to an ecstatic experience we have in our culture that doesn't involve interesting substances. Also, it's exercise, so hey! bonus!

I totally notice my temperament suffers when I don't get enough exercise. I think there's a positive feedback loop here: if you feel better, you'll sleep better, so you'll be more productive the next day, which will make you feel better... or if you feel crappy, you won't sleep as well, which will hose you the next day, which will make you feel worse.

Setting up a trainer appointment also dovetails well with short-term goals: if you go, that's an accomplished goal. It's one that's easy to hit, and more importantly, you cannot secondguess whether you actually did or didn't. (E.g., "Well, I wrote an essay, true, but it sucked.") Sometimes when I'm in a funk, I pay a bit more attention to make sure my goals will be satisfying when I complete them.

maybe instead of going for a drive and flipping a coin to turn left or right, you could do the same thing while walking. then you get to ogle houses and whatever flowers are left and smell fallen leaves and such.