The crash is still in my mind from the other day. Im seeing each day as a gift because life is fragile. I REALLY will be dead someday. So at all times you should be doing something that makes you happy. Yes sometimes you have to compromise and do things for others but make sure you are never bored. Being bored is criminal. With the Internet available, that means there is a free education at your finger tips. Plus there's no need to remember anything as when someone asks you a question, you can just Google it.
Read more, go for walks. And whatever you do DON'T watch soap operas. They have no end so you'd be better off watching anything else.
As they say on Kung Fu Panda:
"today is a gift.....that's why they call it..the PRESENT"