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De-Pressure, Depression, and the Power of Changing the Story: Part 3

A few weeks ago, I began a blog on "depressure = depression. What started as a simple observation turned into a series. So many avenues offered insights worth exploring. Then I got stuck. Or maybe I just had to do some field research. After the second in the series, I found myself in a space with "no pressure".   As a result, I had a little mini-depression in the middle of summer.   I still treat summer like an 8 year old. Even though I'm in my 60's (and how the hell did THAT happen?), I welcome June, July and August as the three months I work a lot less and play a lot more. So it's not unusual for me to avoid work in favor of skiing, hiking, sculling and more in the summer. But this time was different. I had just finished several projects and starting anything else was up to me. The main project I was going to start was getting my book Dancing the Tightrope published on the Audible platform. Doing so wasn't really interfering with my play time. Nonetheless, I could NOT find the energy to get it going. And because that project felt blocked, everything else felt blocked as well. It was difficult to get moving to do anything.   I'm not familiar with this space. Typically, I'm the one with boundless energy.   During this time, someone would call and ask what I was up to. More than once I said "I'm actively ...
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