Well much of the above resonates with me. I have listened to all the advice....start a new business, get a job, volunteer for charity work, have an affair......although the latter nearly came true I don't think any are going to help.
I realise that its all of us that have a choice. You can look at life two ways. The default is to be negative and taking safe decisions. I believe that's human nature. Then you realise you become surrounded by negative people and the circle forms and you spiral into a negative, boring and sometimes stressful state of mind.
The harder way to look at life is with a more positive outlook. Now before I get shot down in flames...I know what you might be thinking. I have been depressed with my lot too and its tough. I have had stressful jobs and suffered from anxiety and a number of issues around stress.
Ultimately I have chosen to distance myself from negative people, watching the news, surfing social media. I did it for 6 weeks and I now feel pretty positive. So although I cant give anyone a magic pill to cure themselves, I would strongly recommend the above.
It has shown me the world is skewed to be extremely negative and totally consumer driven...making us buy shit we don't need and making is all scared of the world at worst or negative at best!!
I am now seeing clearer, I am stepping out of my comfort zone, stopped the worry cycle in my head, being a bit more selfish about what I want in my life. I feel motivated to improve my diet and am much more active. I managed to do a bit of mindfulness and sleep so well. Its quite a transformation.
I wish I could start a more positive society somewhere away from here where people could be themselves and have a much more liberated lifestyle. Free from financial and social pressures. But I cant so my views and vision are much more tempered to my home environment.
Have I actually done anything different with my life yet? no is the short answer.....but my eyes view my world in a different light. I feel good. I reengaged with social media but made differnet choises as to what I follow. I record TV so I don't have to sit through adverts. I don't watch soaps, social documentaries or daytime tv.
I wish we could all meet up and have a big hug and a chat about this...we all have our challenges in life, I respect that. But all of us are complex characters. I think the media, soap TV, social media, advertising, smart phones, lack of social status or modern communication is killing our creativity and motivation. I firmly believe you can start to make a difference by avoiding negativity etc.
I read once that are brains are like wifi, we feed off the people around us and mirror the behaviour.....ok it took me a 6 week detox to change who I talked to but positivity around me has made me positive too....not perfect but much better.
C'mon special people, we are all worthy of a better life. We owe it to ourselves!