[sarks_nz]

My only advice is (to quote Arnold Schwarzenegger) is to be useful. To yourself, your wife, family, pets, friends, job (people), hobby groups, community.

Produce things/knowledge using your skills (present and future skills) that others need/want but can't produce for themselves.

[nativespecies]

Reading this book now! It actually started getting me thinking on this topic more to begin with.