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stopdog · Dec 07, 2020, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Talking to Dr. T near end of session today about struggling to find things to look forward to, like stuff on the calendar, how sessions are one thing I have, but I know I need more. So maybe we could discuss suggestions next session. And he said he wasn't really sure what to tell me, that looking at his calendar, he doesn't really have anything on there (I wanted to be like, "What about sessions with me?") aside from renewing his state psychological license later this month. I said that was important, and he said, "But not exciting." He said no trips, no social events, how there aren't many places you'd want to meet outside right now (getting cold in my area). I suppose he refrained from putting "time off" on there to protect my feelings. But it was still rather depressing when my T struggles to come up with ideas of (scheduled) things for me to look forward to. I said, "Well, I look forward to watching football, though my team isn't doing well right now...but I still like watching it." How I had another couple months of that, if COVID doesn't take it away.

Have you thought about changing the outlook? Things always change - think about the farriers once the model t took off - the fact that this is a pandemic doesn't matter really. You can find hobbies and stuff still. I am having a great time right now dehydrating things - not because I need it but just because I find it interesting to see how it works. You could even do it with your kid and then eat the results (dehydrated marshmallows are all the rage on some of the dehydrating forums). Science, food, fun and you can't really screw it up. What if you tried brewing your own beer? That is an intense hobby with a lot of people who like talking about it and experimenting with it. I even saw an rv show where a couple was buying an rv to take around visiting craft breweries all across the us.