{"id":419,"date":"2012-10-10T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/10\/1820-advice-on-how-to-beat-the-blues\/"},"modified":"2012-10-10T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T17:23:00","slug":"1820-advice-on-how-to-beat-the-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/10\/1820-advice-on-how-to-beat-the-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"1820 advice on how to beat the blues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/yXibfvOEmnw\/1820-advice-on-how-to-beat-the.html\">1820 advice on how to beat the blues<\/a>: <br \/>Excellent advice for maintaining a positive outlook. From the wonderful blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.futilitycloset.com\/2012\/10\/10\/advice-concerning-low-spirits\/\">Futility Closet.<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/boingboing.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NewImage59.png?w=625\">A letter from Sydney Smith to Lady Georgiana Morpeth (right), Feb. 16, 1820:<\/p>\n<p>Dear Lady Georgiana, &#8212; Nobody has suffered more from low spirits than I have done &#8212; so I feel for you. <\/p>\n<p>1st. Live as well as you dare. <\/p>\n<p>2nd. Go into the shower-bath with a small quantity of water at a temperature low enough to give you a slight sensation of cold, 75\u00b0 or 80\u00b0. <\/p>\n<p>3rd. Amusing books. <\/p>\n<p>4th. Short views of human life &#8212; not further than dinner or tea. <\/p>\n<p>5th. Be as busy as you can. <\/p>\n<p>6th. See as much as you can of those friends who respect and like you. <\/p>\n<p>7th. And of those acquaintances who amuse you. <\/p>\n<p>8th. Make no secret of low spirits to your friends, but talk of them freely \u2014 they are always worse for dignified concealment. <\/p>\n<p>9th. Attend to the effects tea and coffee produce upon you. <\/p>\n<p>10th. Compare your lot with that of other people. <\/p>\n<p>11th. Don\u2019t expect too much from human life &#8212; a sorry business at the best. <\/p>\n<p>12th. Avoid poetry, dramatic representations (except comedy), music, serious novels, melancholy, sentimental people, and everything likely to excite feeling or emotion, not ending in active benevolence. <\/p>\n<p>13th. Do good, and endeavour to please everybody of every degree.<\/p>\n<p>14th. Be as much as you can in the open air without fatigue. <\/p>\n<p>15th. Make the room where you commonly sit, gay and pleasant. <\/p>\n<p>16th. Struggle by little and little against idleness. <\/p>\n<p>17th. Don\u2019t be too severe upon yourself, or underrate yourself, but do yourself justice. <\/p>\n<p>18th. Keep good blazing fires. <\/p>\n<p>19th. Be firm and constant in the exercise of rational religion. <\/p>\n<p>20th. Believe me, dear Lady Georgiana,<\/p>\n<p>Very truly yours,<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Smith<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=9fef1aad0622f3c4fb412ade4a7b1640&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=9fef1aad0622f3c4fb412ade4a7b1640&#038;p=1\"><\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/tags.bluekai.com\/site\/5148\" width=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/insight.adsrvr.org\/track\/evnt\/?ct=0:dupdmqp&#038;adv=wouzn4v&#038;fmt=3\" width=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~4\/yXibfvOEmnw\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1820 advice on how to beat the blues: Excellent advice for maintaining a positive outlook. From the wonderful blog, Futility Closet. A letter from Sydney Smith to Lady Georgiana Morpeth (right), Feb. 16, 1820: Dear Lady Georgiana, &#8212; Nobody has suffered more from low spirits than I have done &#8212; so I feel for you. 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