...really. volunteer somewhere. take an acting/comedy/knitting class. read the newspaper every day. get the fuck out of your own head for about 5 minutes.

i read your “blog”. you’re really smart. funny. self-aware. depressed. it’s a very long life and worth finding joy. you will find joy and value; just stop looking for the answer for a few seconds. strive for shallowness—it’s very liberating and far more wholesome than navel gazing.

and really, when you discover that you’ve spent over half of your day worrying about and hating yourself for being fat, realize that you were born lucky and spend 10 minutes trying to understand why you have too much to eat and the rest of the world has far too little to survive. trust me, it won’t be depressing, it will be empowering.