Birdwalk.
something new: when you are on long melancholy walks, birds fly out of your ears. everyone loves the birds. "keep it up with the birds!" they shout.
this affliction ends up not being such a big deal, since long melancholy walks take place outside, so there's not a lot of bird shit in your house or anything. the birds just fly away.
and the people cheering you on makes your walk not so melancholy any more so you don't produce that many birds. i mean, you're not destabilizing ecosystems with the amount of birds you're generating or anything.
keep it up with the birds!