Yep...know how you feel bud. Thanks for sharing out loud.
I want to add one additional suggestion. I think lack of light and Seasonal Affective Disorder gets mixed into the normal startup depression quite frequently. It's never surprising to me when people feel depressed during winter months. The lack of light, lack of vitamin D—it contributes heavily.
Now, the OP mentioned this is a once-a-quarter pattern, so S.A.D is clearly not the only thing at play. But I would be willing to bet that it contributes.
For those that know me, I'm a huge evangelist of light products to solve insomnia. In the winter, these same light products solve for S.A.D. My old post on insomnia has lots of good links: http://www.humbledmba.com/become-a-morning-person-how-to-end...
Whatever you buy, make sure it provides minimum 5000 lux and that you use it at least 30 minutes a day.
And finally—
Regardless of all this, props to you for writing a wonderfully authentic post. And it's already quite obvious with the comments here that you are not alone. Keep at it.
Interesting - the person in my comment below does use this with the S.A.D lights. I also remember seeing hats/visors that do this as well, if that may be a bit easier for your work/movement.
They also moved to Florida for months at a time, which seems to help as well. Not exactly practical for many of course.
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Yep...know how you feel bud. Thanks for sharing out loud.
I want to add one additional suggestion. I think lack of light and Seasonal Affective Disorder gets mixed into the normal startup depression quite frequently. It's never surprising to me when people feel depressed during winter months. The lack of light, lack of vitamin D—it contributes heavily.
Now, the OP mentioned this is a once-a-quarter pattern, so S.A.D is clearly not the only thing at play. But I would be willing to bet that it contributes.
For those that know me, I'm a huge evangelist of light products to solve insomnia. In the winter, these same light products solve for S.A.D. My old post on insomnia has lots of good links: http://www.humbledmba.com/become-a-morning-person-how-to-end...
My new favorite light product is the NatureBright Per 3 (http://www.amazon.com/NatureBright-PER3-Deluxe-Light-Therapy...). It's well worth a try.
Whatever you buy, make sure it provides minimum 5000 lux and that you use it at least 30 minutes a day.
And finally— Regardless of all this, props to you for writing a wonderfully authentic post. And it's already quite obvious with the comments here that you are not alone. Keep at it.
Interesting - the person in my comment below does use this with the S.A.D lights. I also remember seeing hats/visors that do this as well, if that may be a bit easier for your work/movement.
They also moved to Florida for months at a time, which seems to help as well. Not exactly practical for many of course.