The Weather Effect

It is really grey today. I looked out my window every hour or so and no matter the actual time of day it looked like it was seven at night. The cold constant drizzle and lack of sun is OK for one day, but I fear that this is the way it is going to be all week.

I know that it is colder and either snowy or icy in places further north, but snow with sun is a mood brightener for me whereas this overcast pall is a real downer. The danger comes in the attempt to uplift my psyche with food during the doldrums spell.

My defense to starve off over eating, (no pun intended) is to stay busy with fun activities and go to bed early. I have found that I am best at not eating when I am asleep. The only problem is that January is my “catch up on work I put off over the holidays” month. Not only is that not fun but I am finding many tasks that I have completely forgotten about that need my attention right away. Maybe just busy is the next best thing, even if it is with dreaded work. What I fear is that I will look for excuses not to work and find food to fill my time.

I think bears have it just right. Stay awake and eat as much as you can during the happy summer months and come the horrible cold time just sleep through the whole thing and lose the weight you gained at the same time. I assume bears wake up much thinner since they, like me are not eating in their sleep.

Who says as a human I have to be productive in equal amounts all year long? What if I am just productive half of the months if I promise to be twice as prolific during those months?

Now if I could schedule meetings with the caveat that it will happen only if it is a nice sunny day, or maybe not. Perhaps I could skip all meeting on beautiful days and just have fun. I don’t know the answer, just that I feel myself being sucked into some downward spiral the longer the grey goes on. Whatever, I have to post this blog because it is almost six at night and I am going to need to get to bed very soon or else I may eat something I’m sorry about.