I have to tell you, this is normally my least favorite time of year.
As my wonderful friend and I head into the long, brutal winter season season I begin to struggle with my mental health in a significant way.
Yes, I have seasonal affective disorder & it plagues me for the entire cold season. However, on top of that I struggle with the stress of overcoming horrific snow storms & brutally cold air hot & cold temperatures. If you have ever lived through a midwest winter, you know that the six months of ice cold air is nothing to sneeze at. For me, the worst part is trying to dig my car out of the driveway when the air temperature is brutally cold. You can’t bring your forced air furnace with you when you have to shovel three feet of snow. Even once you get back inside, your central furnace barely seems to make a difference after you have been frozen through & through. This is why I am drastically excited for a up-to-date work schedule this year. Working remotely this winter season means that I do not have to worry about the ice-cold tundra outside my door each day. I do not have to trade my high quality central furnace for unmanaged Sub-Zero air hot & cold temperatures at 5 in the day. In fact, I get to kneel in my home in the comfort of my central furnace for as long as I want. Whenever I decide to go dig my car out of the snow, I can work up the internal heat to tackle the ice cold problem. Sitting around at my computer & relying on my central furnace sounds like the most amazing way to spend my winter. For once, I do not know if my seasonal affective disorder is going to be such a massive problem.