Nugget is adorable!
Melina, I so agree about reducing commitments. This past year I have had to work at letting go of guilty feelings ... because I have cut way down on extraneous activities -- less volunteering, less going to events I'm not really interested in, way less time hanging with people who bug me. (But not isolating, cause that's not good either ... increasing connections with sober people and supportive friends). Another huge thing for me was to renegotiate my work commitment from open-ended overtime, to a limited number of hours each week.
I agree that getting lots of rest and leaving lots of time available for healthy, nurturing activities are key. It feels so "self-indulgent" -- but I realize it's not self-indulgent, just healthy. It's just that it's such a contrast with how I used to live, taking care of everything in the world except myself.