I don't know anything about physics...

[aardogs]

...but at really highly competitive, close competitions, do you think those really fluffy shelties would be faster without all their hair, or does all that hair help them become a more-aerodynamic bullet-like shape?

In any case, summer break is here. I used to absolutely love summer but over the years I've started enjoying it less and less. Last summer was probably the worst, although I can attribute a lot of that to my summer-long mysterious illness. The biggest thing is that I like to be busy all day every day. I'm not good at relaxing. There are probably a lot of factors that contribute to my summertime blues, even thought there are even more reasons to enjoy the summer.



I am recognizing the fact that remaining mentally happy and healthy takes active and continued work on my part. I'm not sure how common this is, and I suppose it doesn't really matter, but it's just something I need to be conscious of all the time. And it is something that is easy to forget. I have to remember that filling all my days with as much stuff as possible is not exactly a solution anyway. It's a good life, I don't want to waste it feeling bad.

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[teaguestoy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, downtime, it's a hard one for many of us who like a lot of structure. My personal journey is that downtime allowed depression in - or rather, I wasnt' keeping frantically busy enough to ignore the feelings underlying much of my behavior. So, downtime, yeah, the big uglies came out then - nothing to stop them, particularly once I stopped drinking alcohol (well, and using other things as well). So, I ended up doing a lot of deep personal work so I can sit with some inactivity.

I found that I definitely had to structure my time to some degree during summer or I get funky too. So, structure, and personal work, yeah. Good luck :)

[aardogs.livejournal.com]

I definitely identify with that. It's been a battle for years, thanks for the luck!