30 Things I'm Into

A roundup of November goodies.

Photo by George Pagan III on Unsplash

Like it or not, the holidays (and all the insanity they bring) are here!

A few years back I wrote an essay about the Elf on the Shelf madness that was published in the now-defunct Sammiches & Psych Meds. It said, in part:

The holidays are a stressful time. We spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need to impress people we don’t really care about as we eat food that increases our waistline. We listen to music telling us “it’s the most wonderful time of the year” while watching news reports of fist fights breaking out over Black Friday sales.

And we squeeze an entire year’s worth of parties, shopping, wrapping, decorating, baking, eating, visiting, and card sending into a four-week window, all while trying to remain bright and cheery. No wonder suicides spike this time of year.

One thing I’ve been doing to fight the stress and anxiety of it all is keeping a list in my phone of the things that have inspired me or kept my spirits up.

Here are the things that kept me going in November. I hope you find something in the list to read, watch, listen to, or do that brings a smile to your face.

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