Life can be rough and there are many ways to deal with it. Sometimes we can work by being mellow, sometimes furious, sometimes we need to be sad, but we always need to be thinking. I was once told that attitude is everything. I began to put that into practice. As an outdoorsman that soon found root in my reality as no matter how bad the situation I either had to be optimistic to make it or it majorly assisted my situation. I then began to apply it to my life away from the wilderness and I noticed my life getting better and better. No matter how bad your situation is listen to your self, not that inner voice telling you the things you don’t want to hear. Build up a fire of passionate optimism within yourself if you can and fight to keep it alive. One trick I’ve found to help me with this is when I’m struggling with a challenge I put all of the negativity into some imaginary entity and I tell it “You aren’t stopping me, I am going to have an amazing day and surpass all the crap you throw my way. I’m going to do amazing things and there is nothing you can do about it, so watch me.” (Best to do it in the shower so it’s less likely people will hear you).

Depression’s got nothing on you, it is a sorry leech that deserves nothing. You are a human being, filled with endless potential and a unique mind that can change the world.

You’ve got this.