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Yup. Looking outside at 4:00 pm and seeing the sun start to go down, knowing that you're going to have to head home in the dark soon to shovel the snow that's you've been watching accumulate all day outside your office window is pretty misery inducing.

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I think this is the main point in the article, no? I you're used to it and you don't regard it as a negative thing, it won't induce misery. Well, basically goes for a lot of things in life. Hard part is of course changing the mindest.

Totally. But as a Canadian living in the northern most major city in North America fall is a mourning period and a mental preparation for the long trudge.

I usually survive Edmonton winters by descending headfirst into the arts scene, but this year...

Yup, though has there been official statements about the Flying Canoe or similar activities? Otherwise it'll all be hiding and hoping that we don't have another string of -30 weeks keeping us from leaving the house entirely for January A nice winter evening walk can work wonders for moral assuming you're not dealing with eyelashes frozen shut and air that hurts to breathe in.

The sun on your skin is a biological need and induces biological response, it's difficult to just will that away.

But apparently not impossible, as per the article.

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