Pam - I was cleaning my room the other day and ran across a notebook from my dark days. In it was an exercise I'd gotten from a book, and it occurred to me today that this is an exercise you should try:
The goal is to make a list of 100 things you would like to do in your lifetime. Don't edit yourself - shut up that inner critic who says "you can't" - it's just a list, right? So go ahead and dream, write it all down.
It inspired me, looking at my list again after all this time. I'd even managed to cross a couple things off the list!