The anniversary of my brother's death is the 21st, and I always take that day off to be a sad pile of mopey navel-gazing, which was my deal with myself. I take one day out of the year to be as tragic and full of tears and snot as I want to be, but the rest of the year I have to try to live my life outside the scope of depression. It may not always work, but it cuts down on feeling bad about feeling bad, y'know? I don't know what kind of deal would work for you, but I hope you find one. Depression sucks.
Knitting was really hard to learn on youtube, but it is technically possible? Once you understand that it's all variations on "pull a loop through this other loop" then after that it's just a matter of variation of which direction you are pulling those loops. Then you just have to find a video where they are using really big yarn where you can see what they are doing super clearly, and give yourself permission to suck at it for the first couple of scarves (or whatever) that you make.
I hope your knee gets better in time for the part of spring that makes you want to hike! Being outdoors in nature is supposed to be really good for all those healthy brain chemicals I always hear so much about, lol. Good luck!
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Knitting was really hard to learn on youtube, but it is technically possible? Once you understand that it's all variations on "pull a loop through this other loop" then after that it's just a matter of variation of which direction you are pulling those loops. Then you just have to find a video where they are using really big yarn where you can see what they are doing super clearly, and give yourself permission to suck at it for the first couple of scarves (or whatever) that you make.
I hope your knee gets better in time for the part of spring that makes you want to hike! Being outdoors in nature is supposed to be really good for all those healthy brain chemicals I always hear so much about, lol. Good luck!