Going through the motions can trigger the emotions. Seek work and leisure that engages your skills. Off your duffs, couch potatoes. Join the movement movement. An avalanche of recent studies reveals that aerobic exercise not only promotes health and energy, it also is an antidote for mild depression and anxiety.
Sound minds reside in sound bodies.
Happy people live active, vigorous lives, yet reserve time for renewing sleep and solitude. Give priority to close relationships. There are few better remedies for unhappiness than an intimate friendship with someone who cares deeply about you. Confiding is good for soul and body. If married, resolve to nurture your relationship, to not take your partner for granted, to display to your spouse the sort of kindness that you display to others, to affirm your partner, to play together and share together.