I often joke that my body is solar-powered, but it’s not really a joke anymore. It’s pretty much the truth. My body can tell when the sun hides behind clouds for extended periods of time and it’s getting worse as I get older. I know what things to look for, and how to prevent the worst of it, but I still have to drag my butt out of bed every morning.
A lack of light means that I’m run down and tired, unmotivated, and easily stressed and snappish. And I don’t like that about myself.
Do you do anything different to cope with the darker months? More coffee? A gym membership? What? I need to do something more than mope around the kitchen and make tea and toast.
The big thing that’s missing from my life right now is exercise. (I’ll be writing more about that tomorrow. I have a plan!) I am taking my Vitamin D again and I will be starting up with my Litebook too. (I wrote about it previously here. I love that thing. It really works!)
While I was at Blissdom Canada there was a special room sponsored by Philips that become a cool place for conference goers to sit and chill. There were manicures going on, and electric toothbrushes being given out (I think) but I was mostly there for the company and the fantastic espresso. :) Anyway, it was there that I noticed a really interesting version of my Litebook. It’s called a Wake-Up Light, and it’s basically a dawn simulator… an alarm clock that wakes you up with incremental bits of light. Have you seen this before? I think it’s such a neat idea.
It reminded me of a video I saw awhile back. I’m reposting it here because it’s hilarious, and so well done. You have to watch it all the way through. Makes me smile every time.
Anyway, yes, excercise. I’m not doing much outside of walking the dog anymore, and I know it’s affecting me on many levels; physically and mentally. That’s why in tomorrow’s post i’m going to lay out a new plan of action. Come back and see. Maybe it’ll move you to join me? :)
