When the Going Gets Rough, Don’t Spend Money |
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Today is one of those days for me. It’s the most depressed I’ve been in easily a year - probably much longer. When I lost my job I was happier. When I was passed over for a well-paying position that was absolutely perfect for me I was happier.
It’s all because of a football game. I read the 7 words of the last sentence over and over again. My mind can’t make sense of why something like a football game matters. The only thing more depressing to me than the result of the football game is realizing that a football game can make me depressed.
Some people might go into a spending spree to take their minds off of it. The mental rush of acquiring a new Wii is tempting to me right now. However, I will choose not to spend money today. Instead I will do the following:
- Guard myself against depression. Here are a few tips that have helped me in the past.
- Take a Self-Appreciation Day.
- Realize how lucky I really am. I wish everyone were as fortunate as me. We should all be so lucky that the result of a football game is the most depressing thing to happen to me in years.
If that doesn’t work, I have two sure-fire ways to chase away the blues.
- Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles song is depression Kyptonite. I can’t be unhappy when it’s on.
- Watch a laughing shark - I’ve seen this a hundred times and it still makes me laugh. I never said I was normal.
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February 4th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I grew up in the Boston area myself. Fortunatly, it was the 80s and the Patriots sucked. I lived in Boston for the first 20 years of my life and still don’t know where Foxboro is.
You could cheer up watching the Celtic! Oh wait when you grew up, the Celtics sucked.
Buck up camper, there’s always next year.
February 4th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I’m 31. That means I got to see a lot of great Celtic teams.
February 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
The Celtics will cure your funk… the Playoffs are around the corner…
February 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Try to look at it from the perspective that this was one of the best Super Bowls in recent years.
February 4th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
@RateLadder: no, the Celtics will not cure Lazy Man’s funk. I am pretty durn sure of that.
@Laura: I don’t think that will help much…
I remember back in 1998 when the Jets lost to the Broncos in the AFC championship. I’m a big Jets fan, and I was devastated - I was sure the long drought was finally over. Being a sports fan is tough. I still remember seeing my college team, Ole Miss (Eli Manning’s alma mater, too, incidentally) lose 62-27 to Alabama. Ole Miss was up 27-0 when Alabama ripped off 62 straight points. You don’t get over stuff like that. Ever. It doesn’t matter that it was a great game from a technical football perspective. It hurts.
I would gloat more but as a Jets fan I’m still slightly jealous of the Giants’ success. Welcome to “there’s always next year”, Patriot nation.
February 4th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I’m pretty sure the Orlando Magic have the Celtics # this year. (I grew up a season ticket holder.) But I cant figure out who Jet’s fan thinks is better than the Celtics.
February 5th, 2008 at 5:12 am
“There’s always next year!”…. that is the key. I am a Cubs fan and I am still waiting for that “next year”.
February 5th, 2008 at 6:25 am
I’m with you about that laughing shark. That shark is gold!
February 5th, 2008 at 7:35 am
The shark is not funny. You are making fun of the fact that a shark does not have access to a good dentist.
OK, so maybe its a little funny … OK, a lot funny.
February 5th, 2008 at 7:50 am
I know you weren’t serious, but I think the funniest thing about the shark is that the commercial spends half it’s time on it. It wouldn’t have been funny at all if it just passed once or twice. Four passes? As Eric said, that’s gold!
February 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am
It’s ok, Lazy Man. We are Cleveland Browns fans. Can you say 1964? We are also Cleveland fans in general, so we have a system of getting our hopes crushed every year. We cure our depression by moving on to the next sport/team, only to be crushed again. It’s quite a cycle.
So if you’re feeling bad, just say to yourself, “At least I’m not a Browns fan.” If that doesn’t help, say it a couple more times. Trust me.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Caring that much about football *is* lame
February 5th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Oh brother…well you guys have been spoiled for many years with all the success the Pats have had. Humbling losses help to put life in perspective. Don’t worry..you’ll live. Trust me, I know - I’m a Redskins fan
February 9th, 2008 at 12:24 am
great video!
“Here comes the sun” is one of my favorites too!