Editorial: Summer Self and Winter Self

Does anyone else feel like they have a "summer self" and a "winter self"?  For whatever reason, I've noticed my own transformation more vividly this week than ever, as we passed into what is arguably Wisconsin's warm half of the year.  I feel a tremendous difference in energy level, mood, productivity and even appetite and *ahem* libido.  On a coffee-related note, I find myself gravitating more towards dark roasts in summer.  Maybe that's because dark roasts lend themselves more to smaller volumes of brew, rather than the pot after pot I often down during long wintertime stays indoors.  These days, when awake, I try not to be indoors for more than two or three hours at a time.  It's thrilling to breathe the fresh, clean outside air, and to notice the subtle differences in the smell of nature from day to day.  Get out there!  (Er, once it stops raining, that is.)

Comments

[Suzanne]

I have that too. One of these years I need to get one of those special therapy light boxes.

[Michael Miller]

I actually translated a manual for one of those once. Maybe we can go halfsies on one *LOL*

[Suzanne]

You're supposed to use it for the first 15 minutes after waking (or something like that) so it goes along with your circadian rhythms (sharing one would demand a certain intimacy). Maybe they are on sale this time of year.