When I was off work with depression I found it difficult to be out of a routine. At first the only way I could really get routine in my life was around tv and internet.
I then started to set myself some challenges and rewards. At first these were mostly things within the house - doing bits of tidying, ironing etc. As these challenges got easier I started setting challenges to get me out of the house - walking for a paper, sitting in a coffee shop etc. Then started to add more and more challenging activities.
Sometimes the most productive changes are a serious of much smaller changes.
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