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DTH-X-0002

“I'm depressed and I can't see the point of anything.”

When nothing feels like it matters, the fact that time is finite is not a burden, it is a filter. You don't have to fix everything. Do one real thing today. That is where it starts.

Your Practice

Don't try to fix everything at once. Pick one small physical action, a short walk, a glass of water, five minutes outside, and do it. Depression lies: it tells you nothing will help before you try. Do the one thing anyway. Then reassess. If this feeling persists, speak with a doctor or counselor, that is not weakness, it is the right next action.

The Architects

“Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.”

Abraham Lincoln, Notes for a Law Lecture, c. July 1, 1850 (Collected Works, Vol. II)