Can you maybe try volunteering for a couple hours a week in the meantime? Some places, like most soup kitchens for example don't require any more commitment than that day. I was out of work for a year after getting meningitis and infections in various parts of my spine and brain. I started off volunteering and slowly kind of eased back into working again. I recognize our situations are different, but volunteering might at least get you around some people, give you a reason to get up and out of the house and who knows? you may make some connections that lead to employment. Just an idea. I think your idea of actually writing it down is a good one. I always feel like I accomplished something when I can cross something off my to do list, even if it's something I needed to do anyway. What also helped me was trying to form some kind of schedule, i.e. eating at specific times, cleaning at specific times every day, going to say the library a certain day, starbucks to work on job stuff another, going to the park to work out one day, running in my neighborhood the next etc. Don't know if any of this helps you, but that's what seemed to help me kind of get back into the swing of things. And I'm not completely there yet. II still have to do a lot of these things daily. 'm only working part time, but I'm starting to look for full time employment after I take care of some health issues so I guess it's moving in a positive direction...