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by Gnarl 1057 days ago
Been freelancing for ~20 years now. Mostly high-end contracts. Did develop burnout that morphed into depression. Avoided social contact for a good while but then a guy who was much worse off, came into my life and dragged me out street drumming as a part of a rag-tag improv group. Turns out I was pretty good at it. That pretty much cured me, having people - perfect strangers - react happily and wildly to the beats and grooves.

At age 50 I finally got that drivers license and find now that driving is therapy: having to concentrate on one thing only.

TLDR; do something that's fun and is outside of what you'd normally do. Reset your brain!