I'd like to give a huge thank you to everybody who stepped up to donate to our overcoming the Darkness campaign last month.

Because of your generosity, we were able to raise 5,585 this year to help people who struggle with depression.

And we'll be dividing this equally four ways.

So $1,394.25 will go to each of our four beneficiaries, the Suicide and Crisis Life Line, the Crisis

Text Line, Save.org, and the International Foundation for Research and Education of Depression, or I-Fred.

If you'd like to learn more about these organizations that'll be receiving your generous

donation, you can find them all on the Hope in the Darkness page at weird darkness.com

slash hope. That's weird darkness dot com slash hope and once again thank you for

making our campaign not only successful, but a true pleasure to be a part of.

I couldn't be prouder of our weirdo family.

Do you keep a journal or diary?

If not, maybe you should consider it.

It's been shown that journaling can help you reduce stress, help relieve depression,

builds self-confidence, it boosts your emotional intelligence, helps with achieving goals,

inspires creativity and more. In fact, my friend S. Ann Lanise has created a weird darkness-themed

journal just for you.

Full of blank pages for you to use as a diary, make notes for class or office meetings,

jot down ideas for that novel you want to write.

Use it for keeping a mileage log if you travel for business,

whatever you want. In fact, she has numerous styles of journals to choose from. Along with the

Weird Darkness Journal, there's one for dealing with grief, for teacher's notes,

for medical residencies, keeping track of your meds or health routine, and several others.

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