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I'll second the walking when it is dark. I live in Norway. Tomorrow, the sun rises a bit after 9 and sets before 3. If you work first shift or office hours, you

I'll second the walking when it is dark. I live in Norway. Tomorrow, the sun rises a bit after 9 and sets before 3. If you work first shift or office hours, you miss the light. This advice just isn't possible for some people. If you are finding that the season's darkness gets you, it is really a seperate issue. Vitamin D helps a lot of folks as does light therapy.

valuablevalve 10y ago
I know that in the real world, people have work to do, kids to fetch and all those things, but if you can, please try, its not just about the sunlight = Vitamin D, its also about the sensory input you get while walking, that is very soothing and distracting, everything calms down considerably during and after.
- hashmp 10y ago
  Yep, if you ever want a good nights sleep, go somewhere you haven't been before and spend a few hours walking around. Gets the mind working overtime, in a good subconscious way.
- Broken_Hippo 10y ago
  But you miss so much of the sensory stuff - and beauty - if you don't go out at night! To be fair, a few times a year I catch things like Northern lights: Downtown is just charming with the christmas lights up on the trees with snow on the ground. In autumn the air smells like leaves, and the snow leaves a crisp smell to the air and an oddly echoing silence. Sometimes it downright sparkles from the reflection of the streetlights. Ice isn't so wonderful to walk in unless you've good footwear or some sort of cleats to put on your shoes, but it does give a neat shiny coating to everything, which is especially beautiful during sunrise and sunset - and sometimes under the house lights the trees just glisten with ice. Walking is my main form of transportation, so I do a great deal of it, and appreciate it so long as it isn't too cold. Granted, I used to view it the same way until I moved here.

valuablevalve 10y ago

I know that in the real world, people have work to do, kids to fetch and all those things, but if you can, please try, its not just about the sunlight = Vitamin D, its also about the sensory input you get while walking, that is very soothing and distracting, everything calms down considerably during and after.

hashmp 10y ago
Yep, if you ever want a good nights sleep, go somewhere you haven't been before and spend a few hours walking around. Gets the mind working overtime, in a good subconscious way.
Broken_Hippo 10y ago
But you miss so much of the sensory stuff - and beauty - if you don't go out at night! To be fair, a few times a year I catch things like Northern lights: Downtown is just charming with the christmas lights up on the trees with snow on the ground. In autumn the air smells like leaves, and the snow leaves a crisp smell to the air and an oddly echoing silence. Sometimes it downright sparkles from the reflection of the streetlights. Ice isn't so wonderful to walk in unless you've good footwear or some sort of cleats to put on your shoes, but it does give a neat shiny coating to everything, which is especially beautiful during sunrise and sunset - and sometimes under the house lights the trees just glisten with ice. Walking is my main form of transportation, so I do a great deal of it, and appreciate it so long as it isn't too cold. Granted, I used to view it the same way until I moved here.