Authors:
Elizabeth Churchill
While I was watching the news the other day, it struck me that I need a gloom-reduction strategy. I recently reviewed a number of fitness applications, some of which were quite good, so this set me to wondering, Is there an app for that? An app that claims it can reduce your gloom, cheer you up? A quick Internet search for "apps for cheering you up" revealed a long list of offerings. Sadly, though, most of these "cheerfulness" apps did not satisfy my needs. For starters, they confuse being cheerful or cheered up with cheerleading. I was hoping to…
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