The lights are going out in all the toilets.

Tidiness is death to children’s games

Nothing ever has a unique name

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/stress-tips-daydream-brain-covid/2021/03/11/7af22dda-80ef-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html

One thing that’s been hard with the pandemic is that we’ve lost the future, in a sense,” Erin Westgate, an assistant professor of psychology

How to harass yourself and others without really trying.

How to lower your IQ in one week.

How to look as if you are meditating and other useful deceits.

How to study mathematics and become very trying.

How to commit venial sins more easily on Friday night.

Other useful tips to prepare yourself for Saturday night confession.

How to seem sincere and apply venomous tricks

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/well/mind/mental-health-advice-2022.html

Allow yourself to grieve ‘small’ losses.

In the hierarchy of human suffering during the pandemic, a canceled prom or vacation or lost time with grandchildren may not sound like much, but mental health experts say that all loss needs to be acknowledged and grieved. We need to give ourselves permission to mourn, Tara Parker-Pope wrote in an article about disenfranchised grief. “Once you accept that your grief is real, there are steps you can take to help you cope,” she said. “Consider planting a tree, for example, or finding an item that represents your loss, like canceled airline tickets or a wedding invitation, and burying it.”

Read the full story:

It’s OK to Grieve for the Small Losses of a Lost Year

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/well/mind/how-to-harness-your-anxiety.html

But the less we fear anxiety and can embrace it, the more useful and helpful it can be.

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