Depressed? Here, have a disco ball

Hear me out.

When I moved out of my house last year and into a new space, my friend Kathryn sent me a housewarming present in the form of an 8” disco ball.

“I bought one during the early days of COVID,” the card read. “It was a very nice addition to my space in an otherwise not super great time.”

In early 2023, I was deep in the throes of my own not-super-great time. …