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First off, it's really good to see you back Karlos. You have been missed. I won't presume to understand what you're going through at the moment. But as bloodline has said you have lots of friends here, and who knows: going in to specifics about your problems might help you to feel better (not suggesting you need to do it publicly :-) ) God knows I've done it enough times here over the past couple of years.

Take care, and please do one thing for me: try to deal with this before it becomes too hard to face. When you get to that stage, you're officially stuck in a rut.

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Get a puppy :-)

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moto

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Ahhh that's sad. I can't imagine not having a doggy dog!

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BTW bloodline - my mailbox got full yesterday and I've only just realised so if you replied to my email after about 10:00 yesterday morning you'll have to send it again :-)
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moto

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Karlos wrote:
I've pretty much lost all enthusiasm for doing anything creative in the time I do get to myself, principally because I'm far to knackered by then to do anything but vegetate or sleep.

I can definitely relate to that. For me the change from a job I hated to a course I love, along with a little inspiration and a lot of creative advice (ta Matt ;-)) was just the change I needed to get some creativity back. Maybe you need to make a list of all the things which are getting you down or stressing you out, prioritise them and then deal with them one at a time.

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I felt like sh1t today. Really, really bad. So I went to Smiths and got lots of pieces of card of all different colours and made a home-made birthday card for my other half. I feel a lot better now :-)

Karlos, maybe you should try something creative (but not stressfully creative like coding. Something which lets you switch off).

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On Sunday. It's his 40th. We're off to New York on Friday to celebrate :-D

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moto

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Happy  birthday bloodline :-D

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moto

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And good? ;-)

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moto

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@alenppc
The winter weather certainly doesn't help my mood, though I find exercise combats that. You need to try to work out why you're feeling depressed. There has to be a reason buried there somewhere - people don't get depressed for no reason. If nothing immediately comes to mind, then perhaps talking it through with somebody would help you. The hardest part is when you start feeling like nothing matters. It destroys your motivation to help yourself. That's why you have to get yourself out of the rut before you're so far in you can't see the top.

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moto