Does 'GAP YEAR' Make Sense?

 

Does 'GAP YEAR' make sense at all?  In the NBA world, it is a reality accepted by all ballclubs, like WHEN their roster is almost decimated, WHEN their team is expected to be the cellar-dweller, the ballclub's front office [FO] will swallow that difficult pill for the current year, because come the following year's Annual Draft, they could have the rights for the top-tiered rookies.  Frankly, this common practice amongst the NBA ballclubs has been 'legitimized'📗📙📘

Frankly, though, our life and the NBA world is and CAN'T ever be an apples-to-apples thing.  Much as I stated here the GAP YEAR in the NBA, it's just unrealistic for us to ground to a halt for a year WHEN at times we get stalled in life.  For all we know, there could be much deeper issues that's affecting us BUT unfortunately, many issues DON'T manifest AS IS WHERE IS.  So, here's a bonus question:  WHAT's the most common manifestation of things that either bother OR concern us?  You said it dude, it's often we will hear friends, colleagues and sometimes. even relatives WHO get hit with various forms of depression💧💧💧

I am NO expert WHEN it comes to dissecting our 'down' times in life.  BUT translating the most common situations I bear witness from time to time.  LIKE feeling persistently sad, numb, fatigued OR trapped in NEGATIVITY.  YES, by right, if we talk about depression, that is NOT news anymore because it has been impacting a big chunk of our population in many different ways.  Regardless though, I remember a practical advice by my psychologist-friend before where he counselled that feelings of sadness can quickly come and go, BUT WHEN we're depressed, those NEGATIVE feelings stubbornly persist.  YES, to state the obvious, depression symptoms such as hopelessness fatigue, lack of appetite etc can arise for a variety of reasons💥💥💥

Frankly, many other factors of multiple manifestations can also be at play any day in our life.  Some of us even find that seasonal changes, especially reduced sunlight [in the Nordic countries] do have an adverse effect on one's mood.  Sleep disorders, including insomnia and that restless leg syndrome [sounds familiar?], also tend to go hand-in-hand with those various forms of depression.  Without sounding like an expert, let's listen to experts' advisories:

• TALK TO SOMEONE - That simple act of talking to someone WHO cares about you is crucial to things you're dealing with [especially WHEN "you're in the dark"]
• GET MOVING - It's probably the last thing you feel like doing right now BUT getting active even for a short period is proven as one of the effective ways of boosting our mood
• REFRAME NEGATIVE THOUGHTS - Tought act but it can be done

Our takeaway:  Forget about the literal interpretation of the NBA's GAP YEAR.  Let's swing into our daily lives and my practical advice is NOT to leave any room for NEGATIVITY in your daily life.  LIKE you get hurt, get over it.  LIKE you felt offended, shrug it off.  LIKE it hit your nerves, redirect your attention on something more productive and positive.  LIKE your health seems to be skidding down?  Then arrest that skid by even visiting your GP pronto ASAP because there is simply no luxury of time to sweep things under the rug.  If the NBA's GAP YEAR still makes sense to you, let's shove it away and declare that, that's irrelevant and it has got NO place to disrup our daily life.  LIFE HAS TO GO ON, dude💚💛💜