I’ve been unavoidably busier than I like to be lately, and realized I haven’t had time to be gloomy in a couple of weeks, and then it hit me that this is actually why many people *choose* to be busy. They literally choose to be too busy to think because they can’t stand a bit of gloomy. This makes me metagloomy.

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There is a reason why "hit the gym, delete facebook" is a meme.

It actually works.

Fill your mind with enough other things to crowd out the gloom. It's not heartwarming chicken-soupy advice, because it doesn't involve accepting the emotions or doing something inherently "bright" to overcome them, but it's effective.

Which is why I don’t do those things 

Gloom is good! The optimal amount of gloom is not zero. The optimal amount of social nexus is not zero. The optimal amount of Facebook of gymming is not calendar-crowding.

appreciation

daily appreciation goes a long way here

it works and there’s a channel for it /appreciation