I have two pieces of writing coming out in magazines online next week, both of which I’m stressed about. I also have two print pieces probably coming out later in the spring, which I feel calm about. I’ll link here but I also made a really janky looking writing website to promote my work and will put links there as well.
This is historically the lowest time of the year for me, as it for many people afflicted with seasonal depression. I grew up in Northern California, where the seasons are historically rain and no rain. When I moved, first to northern Europe, and then to New York, I thought I was going to die. I developed a regime of vitamins: fish oil, vitamin D, iron, echinacea. I got a dawn lamp and then a colorful iridescent lamp. I tried hot exercise, which gave me a horrifying yeast infection, tried spending longer at my parents’ house working remotely (which also depressed me), tried not drinking, tried drinking a lot. One year, I watched all of Euphoria, from start to finish, i…