I choose to feel good right now

Right now is a much smaller window than today, which is exactly what makes it available. Nobody can decide to have a good year. Most people can change the next four minutes.

Cold water on the wrists. Opening a window. Walking to the end of the road and back. Putting on the song that has never once failed. These are unserious interventions and they work far more often than they deserve to.

Feeling good isn't always on the menu. Some days the honest ceiling is slightly less bad, and that's still a choice worth making. The lever is small. It's also, most of the time, genuinely within reach.