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So, this is the result of going back to basics and starting renewed.

I have spent quite some time evaluating the type of content I actually want to portray, discuss or even just speak rhetorically about. :)

Much of this was spurned on by sliding into depression, however I have found the spare time this affords me, to be most pleasant (in an odd, depressed way).

Now, while obviously the numbers of folk who truly love to be depressed is scant indeed, it does have one advantage. Being able to wallow in a little self pity is an obvious one, however the greatest moment (if it is indeed actually possible to use such terminology when discussing depression) can occur when one actually begins to understand that it is possible to learn about one-self in a deeper, perhaps more meaningful way, than during the busy always-on-the-go “up” times where solitude and reflection is just not possible.

Some of my friends and colleagues have made assumptions about depression. That somehow I must be suicidal, that I need medication, maybe a quantum shift in lifestyle, perhaps love or even location.. No, my friends that is based on the many misconceptions of depression.

Certainly, some forms of depression, particularly due to chemical imbalances in the brain can indeed require medication to at least come close to a normal life (if such a thing exists) however in my case, it has been a combination of stress, being physically drained and attempting to keep myself “over busy” to keep [my psyche] from discovering the truth.

So, here we are, at the begining, again. I have begun the “bloggers” journey again, lets see where it takes us, shall we?