Try to always know exactly when the two of you will be seeing each other again and for how long the visit will be. This gives you something to look forward to. Is the possibility of one day living closer?
If so that will help.
That would depend on how you both handle the situations when you are apart.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.