Ahhh! The arrival of spring; flowers, warm breezes, and mother earth tilting towards the sun and the attendant longer hours of sunshine.

If you are in the community of the winter challenged, this means your energy and interest will be picking up, the days will regain their joy.

So, while you are on top of your game, it is a good time to think about maintaining that cheerful edge through the dreary winter months, coming as surely as that shortest day just before Christmas when you would even kick your dog if you had the energy.

Sitting in front of a 10,000 lux lamp for 30 or more minutes a day may be a valuable aid in keeping your composure through the days of short sunshine. Of course, if you are an active person, then you may want to get one of BioBrite’s Deluxe Light Visors, and wear your surrogate sunshine (which looks like a golf visor) while vacuuming.

All right, not vacuuming. Riding your new exercise bike. OK?

This is an especially fortuitous combination, because the light will tend to lift your mood and the exercise, study after study shows, will improve your self image and use up the calories that you usually store in the winter.

Think of it; better moods all winter and a bathing suit that fits in the spring.