Still struggling with obstinate depression. This past weekend I was shuffling around like an old man because of the monumental effort of will it took just to put one foot in front of the other. I was supposed to be catching up on all of the work I didn't get done while my energy and motivation have been tanked, but very little of that actually happened. I may have to set up a GoFundMe page after I get fired for failing at my job. (I'm not actually near that point, but juggling it all is another source of major stress.) I've only gone to the gym six times this entire month, whereas I was going 4-6 times a week in May. I'm trying to get it together to force myself there tonight.
My parents have gone out of town for three weeks, and I've been staying over at their place in the hopes that a change of scenery might energize me. I've been playing the first game in the Mass Effect video game trilogy, reliving my life as Commander Shepard. ("I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite blog on the internet!") Ironically, almost exactly a year ago, I was at my parents while they were out of town, trying to stay sober and playing Mass Effect. In fact, what I'm playing now is just a continuation of the new game I started back then because I eventually got derailed by Dragon Age: Inquisition. (Just finished my second playthrough of that.)
I do worry that it's inauspicious that I wrote that previous entry two or three relapses ago. While I don't think video games are a waste of time in themselves—they can be quite rewarding and engaging, I also worry that I'm using the distraction to avoid all of the things I need to be doing in order to move my life forward, or at least, somewhere. But when the bare minimum in life seems overwhelming, it's hardly a conducive atmosphere to go over and above in order to undo years, if not decades, of neglect.
