What's your most recent achievement?
I started to learn piano, and i mastered mary had a little lamb 
@motionlesskitten7 - That's awesome! I'm trying to reteach myself piano right now, too :)
Finishing my midterms with a C or higher
@homeonstage nice!
Being part of this community. :-)
@PinoyDepressed yes! Being here has made a world of difference for me so far
Enjoying my kids and forgetting my stress for a little bit.
@optimisticlady6 that is a serious achievement!!!! 💜💜💜💜 way to go!
working on exercising so much that my doctor gave me less botox for my spasticity in my leg
@brunettebabe676 - That's great to have been able to move forward on exercising and really see the benefits from it! Keep up the awesome work! :)
Everyday I find something positive, today I did well on my Adv.Physics test! I got a B, and that was a proud moment for me
@CinnamonRoll10 - Congratulations on that success on the test! But even more than that, I love hearing thatyou look for something positive in every day. One of my favorite quotes is "Every day may not be a good day, but there is good in every day"
Putting my original music on the interwebs for the world to discover!
@ThatLoneBadger that's amazing! 😊
Filling out job applications and actually getting some email responses back.
@Scor3030 - Congratulations! Job hunting can be a frustrating thing, so getting yourself to finish those applications and starting to see some responses can be so rewarding!
Scheduled an annual employee review.
@ScaredRed - Well done! Getting that scheduled is a great step!
I haven't achieved anything at all in who knows how long. My life is on hiatus. Every day I wake up in the same ditch knowing life is in need full-dress repair. And I'm on empty. Starved. Stuck. Can't muster the energy. My compass is broken. Mentally out of commission. Every day is vapid lethargic monotony the hours of which are ruefully squandered in scattered, unfocused striving to jumpstart my engine and self-actualize or take steps toward digging myself out of this barren black hole where I have been festering since june. i am an unemployed loser who quit the teaching profession and feel like garbage every day. nothing is going well. i can't even work on my creative project because my system is totally stymied by the internal decay, jammed up, comatose. I hate this miserable meaningless. The torpor is unmitigated, sucking out my soul I am permeated by poison. Emptiness and atrophy. The anemic heartache that makes no music. I have made zero progress. this year has been worthless. failed as a teacher. nearly destroyed myself. hit rock bottom. lonelier than ever. havent been affectionately touched in so so so sooooooooo long and i will never find love. im-- fuck. i dont even want to say anymore. i hate this
@dpecheur10 you are eloquent describing your depression. I feel like you just described how I felt about two years ago. And although it definitely felt like a permanent condition, it lifted over time. Here are a few simple things tha helped me, maybe they will give you some ideas. 1. When i have a tiny bit of energy, I make a few things easier on myself. For example, pour a big container of water that you can sip on for the next couple of hours. Prepare a simple snack that you can put in the fridge to "find" later when you aren't feeling up to preparing food. Put out a set of clothes that you like. As you do one of these things, think of your (near future) self as a sweet child who you want to take care of. Project love and non judgement for this "child " who is you (or will be very shortly) 2. get outside and do nothing but enjoy the sunshine, air, look at some plants. If it's not frezing out, maybe you might like to feel your bare feet against the ground. 3. be kind to yourself as you would be to a small child or any other human being who you see suffering. Have compassion of yourself. I hope some of these ideas help, or else I hope they can inspire a few ideas of your own. Wishing you the best.
@pluckyWest7236 Thank you very much for your kind and thoughtful words. I appreciate you taking the time to do that and I will see about trying what you suggest. i am feeling incredibly inert right now. nothing seems to help. the worst part is not being able to work on my fiction writing projects as my creative juices are dried up right now colors sapped out of my world i feel braindead and paralyzed.