Trying to get back to writing (and hopefully other creative things)

While I would LOVE to sit here for a nice long time and write about all the thing twirling around my head, all my passions, concerns, thoughts on life...alas life is HAPPENING at this moment and I only can afford a small snippet of time to 'escape" for now. Maybe I can fit in some more late at night when my house is quiet. I really enjoy writing and (along with many other passions) have put it on the back burner for far too long. Why do I do that, put aside things I actually enjoy? I think there are a few answers to that, maybe a couple of them ring true with you as well my friends. I struggle with chronic depression , depression can suck away a lot when it gets a good strangle hold on you. It tells me "You don't deserve to set aside time for yourself, you haven't earned it".... Now I also struggle with health problems, that means small jobs are now big jobs. I have to pick wisely what my energy can handle day by day. I simply can not fit as much in. So of course I think trying to get my house clean and such is top of the list, the "fun" stuff gets pushed farther & farther back. I resolve today to work on pulling it back out and smattering it among the "must-dos" of my day. Its not going to be a easy thing, it goes against all I know. I am not used to caring for myself, I am a care-GIVER. I give until I am depleted, then give a bit more. I need a better balance. I want to do more art WITH my children also, sometimes I give them some art to work on and then go do dishes...I need to get in on the fun, make some messes with them, not just near them. Well back to my work (& some play). Tell me about YOU, what do YOU enjoy? How do you (or do you?) make time for it?