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@dorisena I so agree with you on the "little things" meaning the most. As I have gotten older (69) I now have allergies that I did not have as a child. Body chemistry can change with age (not the one for poison ivy). I eat as cleanly as I can and with shortages it has been a challenge. I once had a huge garden where everything was grown organically. I now live in a small apartment and not enough sun for even container growing of veggies. I buy from the organic section and since I only go to the grocery once every 2 weeks now I have started freezing my own veggies and fruit. Works for me. I miss playing in the dirt 🙁
I also have hypothyroidism and depression. I even became allergic to the synthetic and had a dickens of a time getting a doctor to believe me. My hyperthyroidism was fried with radioactive iodine at the age of 30. Doctors and their numbers!!!! They have a hard time understanding one size does not fit all.
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What has helped my depression, which is gone from my life now, is eating lots of fresh vegetables, but I noticed years ago if I didn't eat many vegetables, I would be cranky. I have pretty much walked away from toxic people and situations and people who think conformity is good for everyone. Not for me! I am free to do projects that make me happy, and right now it is the garden since I am not going to church right now and doing any music there. Working hard makes me feel better, but I am limited to a couple of hours, with sitting down often.
I am surprised that this isolation life is not making me depressed because I can communicate on the computer, so you are a benefit to my life, and I appreciated the opportunity to share. I don't take pills for depression and do my own therapy as I reason out issues logically. I really do love people who are nice and honest with me and that means a lot. I fell very blessed because I have no debt or worries how to live so long as I can still grow some food. That is my life on the farm, which never made me rich, however.
Dorisena