Phoenyx, thank you SO MUCH. I read your post yesterday, when I was very very low, and you brought a tear to my eye. I really appreciate what you wrote. I'm trying to dig myself out of my negative hole at the moment. It's difficult - but I won't give up!
I'm thinking of work/life balance stuff. Not giving up working full-time - but making space in the times "off" for things I value: time with my family, drawing, reading, painting, photography, singing, baking, gardening (but low-key, not allotment-tastic!). Making these things a priority.