Sharing ways to stop coping and start living!

I’ve been doing the PMR dance for a couple of years. (Sometimes it’s a slow waltz, sometimes it’s The Jerk.) I’m currently at 5mg prednisone, tapering 1mg/month.
I figure our diagnosis automatically comes with a side dish of depression/anxiety. I wondered if you’d share what you’re doing to feel like you’re living your life and not just suffering it. Have you added habits, hobbies, crimes (!) that have made your life better?

I’m a writer, and a retired professor. I miss teaching graduate students especially, and PMR has certainly limited my writing time. I’m widowed, so I have lots of quiet. Grief therapy was concurrent with my PMR diagnosis, and it taught me a whole lot about living with pain.

I have a few celluloid victory pins from WWII; they look like little ribbons. When I see one, I think “little victories” and I celebrate being able to pick something up from the floor (even with my “grabber” some days), or getting a good night’s rest, or eating a really healthy meal. I have garden troughs that are waist high. I have a spinning wheel, and love to blend colors and fibers so much that I have begun selling my yarn at a yarn shop. I took up seated Tai Chi. I bought watercolors and make very small paintings for myself. I have a collection of puzzles. I unapologetically talk to my dead. I let myself skip watching the news some days. First thing every morning, I make up a song for my dog. I try and let the worst days pass.

I hate that PMR hits while we’re already trying to figure out how to be old! What do you do to love your life right now?