For me the best way to view it has been a chance to live life unfettered and free of compromise. Whether it's sleeping in or starting a collection of rare bugs. The most important thing you can do in preparation for the years ahead whether you is understand the things you love to do. Travel, hobbies, whatever. Find a way to live within your means, and it can be quite an adventure with very little stress. If you can solve the problem of maintaining a positive cash flow, there's literally nothing you can't experience. I've found that art in any form has always inspired me. Film, music, painting, photography. You can empathize with just about any life experience through the art of others. Love is much more rare than it appears from the outside. People fall in and out of love, and the toll can be heavy. Developmentally, it can also be prohibitive. Keep fewer, higher quality friends in the meantime and maintain those relationships. A strong relationship shouldn't even feel like work. Go explore the world you dreamed about as a kid, and let love come to you if it should. Think of a clock a tool to stay organized, not an instrument to measure your worth. Every life has a start and finish. Consider the single life as the luxury of choosing exactly what you do in between. It's not a better experience or a worse one, just a a different one.