Gentle ways to push yourself through depression

1. Actively pursue pleasurable activities and feelings, so that you can fill your 'feel good' piggy bank
2. Keep an ongoing list of small things you have accomplished each day. Even if it's just brushing your teeth.
3. Donate your time to a cause that is important to you
4. Create a playlist of songs that put a smile on your face or make you feel like dancing.
5. Teach yourself something new even if it's by watching youtube videos or listening to a podcast
6. Give someone a genuine compliment to brighten their day
7. Practice opposite action, eg: When depression tells you to sit in bed all day, getup and dom some jumping jacks
8. Depression entices you to hide under the covers, it wants you to avoid people, convincing you that no one wants to be around you anyway. It does this over and over until avoidance the only safe option. Managing depression means being active and brave. 
9. Doing the opposite of safe, so you can learn that you can in fact handle hard things, by doing so you create a new and healthier ways of thinking