You should have been preparing before now. You will most likely retire in your 60's and a retirement plan is the most important thing. It's obvious that your finances should be in order.
Your relationships are really up to you. If you have health issues get them under control. If you don't, eat healthy, exercise and get lots of sleep to help NOT get health issues.
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.