By not thinking of 30 as "old" -- which it isn't; by not thinking there's some grand schedule that everyone has to live according to. By living your life, spending time with friends, pursuing your interests. If you are single-minded about finding a mate, you drive people away.
Live your life, be an engaged and interesting person by pursuing your interests.
I envy you Mam coz you have got the best blessing of being single....imagin this you wake up spend time with urself and neither your husband is nagging nor your child crying....neither your husband cheating nor your child into drugs.....wow what a blessed amazing life you have got...do this read all the questions which married people are asking here and you wud be like WOW thank god you arent married.....
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.