>> managed myself to do some weigh training this week and in the process have managed to sprain my back You just described my on/off relationship with the gym.

>> managed myself to do some weigh training this week and in the process have managed to sprain my back You just described my on/off relationship with the gym. >> 50-60% through building MVP for my startup - currently alone. But I am going through a state of depression since last 6 months Did your depression start when you started your MVP? Or did something else change a around the time you started feeling this way? For me personally, I have felt quite crappy when I forced myself to operate in/under some circumstances. >> Social life: nothing really (answered in another thread) If you wanna do some remote pairing, or in person if you're in San Francisco,CA, with full permission to vent about whatever you wanna verbalize, I'd be happy to make some time to do that with you. I'll just listen and/or chat about code. >> How to beat a state like this in life? It helped me to learn that my feelings didn't need to be coupled my actions. And also accepting that it is OK to be depressed. Looking for smaller solutions is also a heck of a lot easier than trying to escape depression in one monolithic effort. When I am bummed out, big efforts are too hard.