I love marriage. I failed at marriage but I'd rather go into anything with gusto and fail than go into it half-assed.
Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them but as I wrote my own I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have and take for granted: hot showers enough food friends routines.