I'm glad you're doing better. Remember that the only reason for that is you.

If you found that article useful, you might be interested to know where most of it is cribbed from in case you felt like digging deeper:

There are five levels in life:

Level 1 – Find food; find a bed to sleep in at night

Level 2 – Know you’re not going to die

Level 3 – Find your people

Level 4 – Do something that’s important and valuable to both yourself and others

Level 5 – Create a legacy

This is Maszlow's Hierarchy of Needs which is pretty controversial if you bring it up amongst psychologists and pretty settled if you bring it up as an aspect of pop science. Suffice it to say that if it gets you out of a rut, it's useful and if strikes you as wrong, you're not the only one.

Life is a big and complex game. It’s the largest open world game known to date.

This entire section pretty much belongs to Jane McGonigal, in particular Reality is Broken. Really, the "cheat codes" thing is entirely hers. I recommend that book.

CHEAT #1: I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

This is pretty much karma.

CHEAT #2: WRITE THIS SHIT DOWN

Journaling can be traced to the psychoanalysts, and in particular, Ira Progoff.

CHEAT #3: STOP FUCKING COMPLAINING

This one... well, I would call it controversial but from a modern perspective, the godfather is Dale Carnegie.

CHEAT #4: STOP FANTASIZING

This one... well you'll be interested to know it's the polar opposite of The Secret.

CHEAT #5: SHARE YOUR SHAME

That's pretty much religion on just about every level.