Rainy Days

     The weather today has been extremely rainy and crummy, which has been a consistency throughout the last couple of weeks. It is becoming hard for me to deal with it, and I am struggling to go about my daily activities with the rain continuing so much. Despite my love for fall, this time of year is always a challenge for me for multiple reasons. For starters, I am currently commuting, which is much harder with the rain. Another issue the rain brings is more personal, relating to my depression. 

    I am currently a commuter who has a 45 minute drive to get to campus, and I have to plan that into my day. It becomes much harder for me to drive when it is raining because it is harder to see the road. It is also harder to actually drive on the road in those conditions. Another issue is that the faster you drive, the less you are able to see in the rain. This means that I have to slow way down in order to be able to safely drive to school in the mornings and evenings, which extends the time frame of my drive. An extension on my driving time is an inconvenience because I do not have that much time to spare some days. 

    I am no stranger to depression and how it works. When the weather is gloomy and/or rainy, my depression also gets worse and less manageable. Living in the midwest, this can be a big issue sometimes. Although I do enjoy this time of year because of the changing leaves and temperatures, I absolutely hate the unpredictable and intolerable weather. I have enough that I need to worry about in my regular day without my depression becoming harder to manage. Every time it rains or there is crummy weather, I struggle to cope with it. I have to try and keep myself distracted, but it is extremely difficult to focus on my school work or whatever the task at hand is. I end up procrastinating because I lose my motivation to work, which only hurts me more in the long run.