[nathanasmith]

I sit in front of a 10,000 lux light box for about 30 minutes at the start of each morning which has profoundly improved my mood and overall happiness. There’s a ton of evidence for the use of light therapy to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (a form of depression that hits in the winter months) and emerging evidence pointing to its efficacy year round for mood enhancement and circadian rhythm regulation. And as long as your light has a built in UV filter (most do), it’s side effect free.

[Zababa]

Where did you buy/how did you make your lightbox?

[nathanasmith]

I bought this one right here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NPZZ1JW There are cheaper ones that may work just as well but I wanted one a little larger than those others so I didn’t have to sit quite so close. The reviews on this one were really good too. If you look around on lesswrong.com there are anecdotes of people taking the idea to extremes, rigging up a 100,000 lux system and sitting under it all day to work. I don’t know what difference that would make but speaking for myself, the light at that Amazon link gets the job done.