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Used to be sad and tired as well.
Ditched unhealthy food. Started running. Started losing weight. Started being active.
I used to sleep 8 to 11 hrs. Anything less and I'd be a wreck. Now I sleep 6hrs a night, even on the weekends and I'm good to go at 6am. It drives my GF nuts.
For me it was literally that "easy".
I’m sad and tired. I did what you did (not a runner, I prefer lifting, but the point is the same. Eat well and work the body), and physically I’m in the best health of my life but this world is shit and it makes me sad and tired. For me, it is not that simple. No amount of exercise and healthy diet makes me less sad or tired.
It seems you've already identified the problem. What's keeping you from fixing it?
Are you asking him why he can’t fix the world?
Yeah I'm in a similar boat. Also quit drugs and alcohol, which were probably an even bigger downer.
But when I get down, I do think like well at least I don't feel like trash in my body in top of everything. I don't know where you're at, but I hope you realise what a joy it is to just walk around without pain.
As for the external realities, I'm sorry to solutionize at you, but have you tried doing something positive in your community? It won't solve our big problems, but might give you a little hope of resilience at the local level.
Total aside: you might also want to get your blood tested.
I find breaking the momentum (good or bad) is the hard part.
Since last year I adopted a "work all week, play all weekend" strategy; I basically work my 8 to 4, then immediately start working around the house, in projects, in hobbies, anything. I set myself a 7 pm warning to start wrapping up so I don't leave a mess behind, shower and chill until it's time for bed.
On weekends it's all fun stuff unless we need to do some special project around the house that could not be done during the week (usually some gardening stuff).
On the exercise front, I run 3 to 5 KM 3 times a week and literally play with some dumbbells also 3 times a week (usually during boring "listen only" meetings)
I have never accomplished more and felt progress than before. Now that the rhythm is going, I get restless if I can't do stuff (say due to weather or other commitments). Just yesterday my wife told me not to do as planned because we are undergoing a heat wave and it was "horrible" outside, yet I couldn't contain myself and decided to do what I could... I ended up completing the task of removing an old shurb we wanted to get rid of and I slept great with a sense of accomplishment and a bit of "good pain" from all the exercise