Keeping going
Small wins
Making progress — even small progress — was the most common feature of people's best days.
Researchers read about 12,000 daily diary entries from people at work. On the days people felt best, the most common event was simply making progress on work that mattered to them.
Progress you can see feeds the next day's effort. That's what Proof is for: a record of the days you kept, which no single bad day can undo.
Source
In about 12,000 diary entries, making progress in meaningful work was the most common event on people's best days.
Amabile, T. M., & Kramer, S. J. (2011). The Progress Principle: Using small wins to ignite joy, engagement, and creativity at work. Harvard Business Review Press.
A general finding about how people tend to work — not advice for your situation, and not a diagnosis.