Notes

Thanks, sending telling me this made my week 10 times better. :) I've been extremely stressed recently, so most of my following advice is hypocritical
I actually still have never been diagnosed with depression either, but I guess it doesn't take a brain surgeon to know when you're hurting more than what's natural! It just takes a psychiatrist ;) Anyways, enough jokes, I'm here to help you. :)
You should not look at depression as something to "get rid of." Like I said in that post, its something that you need to accept as being your own feelings, but prevent it from becoming your personality. I would say that most of the world's problems are associated with being too entangled with whatever is the prominent emotion in their life. Letting emotions flow around you as you go through life is how you become peaceful. There's really no concrete way to magically become peaceful.
I think that the first step, though, is to become aware of everything about your environment. By "environment," I mean both your physical surroundings and inside your head. Take in all of the details of everything around you (how the sidewalk cracks, fading paint, how you organize things at your desk, etc).
The second step is to see the beauty in even the most insignificant of things in the world. It's hard to do this, I'm not going to lie. I really don't want to spoil the surprises that might come with this, so you should give it a try.
I also think that you should watch the movie "American Beauty." It was an inspirational film that lead me to the conclusions I made in the original post. If movies aren't your thing, I highly recommend reading novels/poetry from the Romantic period of novels, specifically the Transcendentalists. These works are fantastic, but can be a little heavy material, depending on the person. But if you ultimately want to stay on reddit, /r/Mindfulness and /r/Meditation are both great communities.
I really look forward to hearing more from you, don't feel bad about asking me questions/talking to me. Sometimes an anonymous friend is all you need. I'd like to know more about you. I hope you have a good day :)