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Saturday, February 09, 2008

It is again, February.

It happens once every year... It turns into February.

February is my least favorite month of the whole year. No, it doesn't help that it is shortest, no it doesn't help (much) that the days are getting longer or that the average temperature is creeping up, and no it doesn't help that I am so busy right now that I don't have time to think. February still bothers me.

It is nothing like the holidays where I have good reason to feel stress. It is completely internal, and unrelated to all external events other than the weather, I think. It is almost like a buzzer goes off in my head about two months before the thaw and this is what it says: "I am tired of bulky clothes! I am tired of being inside! I am tired of snow! I am tired of feeling like all my body wants to do is be sedentary and eat food! I am tired of nothing interesting really happening in this season!"

Every year I try to cope with it by doing the following: playing outside as much as I can, going to the gym every day, seeing lots of friends, planning new exciting things like trips or adventures, thinking about all the things that I want to do inside before it gets too nice to be inside, using my sun-simulating light, doing yoga and other relaxation techniques, recommitting to enjoying warm drinks, cozy blankets, good books and movies, and fireplaces.

All of this works, to a degree. And I do have to say that I have gotten better and better at controlling the impact of the buzzer in my head over the years, but it is still there.

Do you have good ideas that you use to 'beat the heat' of February? Is there some fountain of sanity that everyone but me drinks out of this month? Is there a sun-shine pill that I can pop? Send me your suggestions, addressed to "19 days left".

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