Not just for low mood

A while back I was talking with my psychologist about how to deal with periods of low mood. Her advice was that no matter how bad you feel, you should push yourself to do the following every day:

* something enjoyable (eg. watch good TV or read fiction)
* something useful (eg. wash dishes, pay bills. Something as trivial as taking a shower counts if you're particularly low)
* something intellectual (eg. read a wiki page, work on a problem set)
* something physical (eg. go for a walk)

The more I think about it the more it seems like good advice for everyone, all the time.