It's good you have a place to live, and in this economy you are not the only one having to do this..happy though, is relative to trying to make the best out of a bad situation, so it's all good. In the meantime, keep a social life and hope for the best, good luck!
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.