I don't suffer from a mental illness (I'm on the boards due to my SO).

When I wake up, I might dread the day due to meetings I have on my calendar, or a sore neck due to the fact that I slept wrong.

My motivation is different, day-to-day. Some days I'm gung-ho focused on my job, other days, my mind wanders (usually an indication its time for a break).

I'm depressed/get sad when I see the news, or when a famous person I liked passes away, or when I hear about animals or children (or anybody, really) being abused/neglected.

I've had anger management issues for my entire life, but now that I'm in a professional management role, I've had to straighten up -- it's absolutely inappropriate in the workplace (and is not my management style). There are times I get angry at the office:

Me: "I need you to do this thing. How long will it take." or "What happened with XYZ breaking?"

Them: "I don't know."

Me: ......

It's your job to know. So hit the books and come back to me when you have an answer! But I don't yell or scream because a) what good would it do and b) I've come to understand a lot of folks aren't fantastic with communication skills. They're not bad people...they just don't know how to say:

"You know what? I'm not sure about that, but let me look into it and I'll have you an answer by the end of the day."

Comedy makes me happy. I love listening to stand-up, jokes are great. I'll trade them back and forth with some friends online. My kids make me happy. I love to hear about their daily adventures. My SO makes me happy...when they are well.

Music makes me happy. I have a pretty large collection of music and its a big part of my life.

I cope by compartmentalizing and keeping busy:
- Write. I write a lot. I wrote a blog for four years; now blog as a part of my business (see below)
- Work on learning new things all the time. Last project was to learn how to play the guitar. Next project is learn how to run a small business.
- Love reading books about the mind and about how we fool ourselves. My two favorites are "You Are Not So Smart" and "You Are Now Less Dumb" -- all about cognitive biases, logical fallacies, etc. Really interesting stuff.
- Playing video games helps me cope as well -- it's probably my equivalent to drinking or smoking.