My latest "I'm trying this new thing" thing is deferring unproductive emotions like sadness and anger into positive feelings and applying them to relevant situations. So instead of spending time in a black hole of my own creation I will put my energy towards feeling something good for someone else.
Self-indulgence is a rather unhealthy hobby so I'm going to do a being proud of other people thing. I have the pleasure of knowing so many wonderful, successful people so it shouldn't be hard. Ima convert my own existential ambiguity into hardcore zeal!
I am aware that some readers might shake their heads and say "it doesn't always work like that", to you I reply "your mom doesn't always work like that". But as a backup plan for if I still have lingering apathy (or whatever it is that goes on in my brain) I will collage.
Scoff if you must, but your scoffs will get you nowhere. Maybe you should consider turning those scoffs into applause for the people in your life who are rocking the shit out of something.
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