Thanks for the replies folks.

Here are things I use:

- acupuncture
- walking outdoors (I used to jog but had injuries from over-doing it)
- Vitamin D supplement (*always check with your MD but deficiency has really made my depression worse in the past)
- daily guided meditation
- practicing mindfulness
- reading perspectives on depression from lots of different angles though I do appreciate a lot of psychologists' articles (they don't prescribe meds)
- gratitude (write down 5 things I'm grateful for everyday)
- practicing my own version of CBT...it's like mindfulness, CBT, and radical acceptance combined
- taking time every day to love and honor myself...to ensure healthy self-esteem and decrease negative self-talk
- taking regular opportunities to indulge and/or monitor my inner child
- random acts of kindness for strangers
- sometimes camping and hiking when I have the chance
- travel when I have the chance
- sleeping with a cuddly animal That comforts me at night when the anxiety sets in or on dark days when I have trouble getting out of bed
- going on adventures (big or small)
- solo dance parties (crank up music and move)

when the depression is really bad:
- I stay in bed and watch films, lots and lots of films (can't focus on reading at those times)
- ask my S.O. for sensory help - bear hugs, deep pressure etc
- guided meditation videos about the darkest thoughts
- read all my gratitude lists
at that point I am basically riding it out until it lifts again to a more tolerable level and then I make myself go outside even if only for 10 min