Being positive is definitely going to have a positive affect on your life, and the I like that your seeing that some of the ideas you thought through can be applied to other situations (liek notes for your kids) and that will hopefully make those more positive.
I know what you mean about the moving to routine - it brings real world problems and if your still having regular positive interaction then that will have an influence BUT (and its a really big BUT) dont have any expectations or peg your hopes to this. you need to keep your focus on you and your positivity.
Both mid 30s, 2 young kids BD 7sep14 XW moved on long ago, now living with OM1 D paperwork in progress