You know you're depressed when you stop caring about things, when you stop putting effort into things. You may have a burst here and there, but it's short live

You know you're depressed when you stop caring about things, when you stop putting effort into things. You may have a burst here and there, but it's short lived. To fight this, you need to regularly (do not skip a week) put focus on your hobbies, spend time away from work (ex: a day trip up to Mt. Diablo), spend time with people that make you happy, spend time outside, sleep 8 hours a day (a lack of sleep will make you a zombie), meditate, exercise and stretch (make sure you do a light jog before stretching) fighting depression isn't something you focus on after you're depressed, it's something you focus on while you're content so you don't get depressed. Crawling out of depression is extremely difficult, so make consistent efforts to fight it now.