(35) Garbage In Garbage Out – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways

THIRTY-FIVE. (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression)  Garbage in Garbage out When I first started learning to use a computer in school, the instructor told us about the magical way the computer worked: Garbage in = Garbage out If you put in the wrong thing into the computer, you get the wrong results. Our …

(34) Consider the less privileged – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways

THIRTY-FOUR (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Consider the less privileged. The other day I found myself reading an article in Poize Magazine about Stephanie Okereke and her struggles to help end VVF (Vesico Vaginal Fistula) in Nigeria. VVF often occurs when girls are forced into marriage at a very young age and have …

(33) Lose Some – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways

THIRTY-THREE (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Lose Some. Life is not a battle. Yet we spend so much time fighting. We always have to be right about everything. One time I was arguing with this guy over his consistent tardiness whenever we were to hang out, and he argued that he was not …

(32) Always do the right thing – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways

THIRTY-TWO (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Always do the right thing A friend of mine recently confronted me about using the online library resources for a state I no longer lived in. He was right, I was stealing. Even though he joked about it, and even though I had really good reasons and …

(31) Learn to Quit – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways

THIRTY-ONE (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Learn to Quit Growing up I was always told that winners never quit, and quitters never win, but sometimes we have to quit. We have to quit things (or people) that are bad for us, we have to quit doing work we are not passionate about, so …

57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression 21-30

Hey everyone, I hope you are enjoying this series on beating loneliness – I enjoyed researching and blogging about it. For those who may have missed a day, I have everything organized here for you. 21. Laugh 22. Start a Business 23. End Bad Habits 24. Speak 25. Pay Off Your Debts 26. Forget What you think …

(30) Give – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways

THIRTY (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Give The amazing thing about giving is that not only does it have an amazing way of coming back to you many times and in many more ways than you could have imagined, but the very act of giving and depriving yourself motivates you to think of ways …

(28) Pick Intimate Friends Wisely – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways

TWENTY-EIGHT (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Pick Intimate Friends Wisely We all long to belong, to connect, to feel like we are accepted for who we are. When we meet people who seem to accept us in all our “mess,” we get really eager. We want to turn them into best friends or …