The best thing to do is to appreciate everything for what it is � an experience. Every event in our lives adds to that experience. It is up to us to actively seek out new and different experiences to get the most out of this pointless existence. If you haven�t done something, try it. If you like it, do it again � if not, don�t. But what ever you do don�t just float � participate and I guarantee that you will enjoy your time here that much more. If you are currently in a situation where you don�t feel you are getting the most out of your life � change it. If you can find a way to maximize your happiness and minimize your pain you will live a much better life.
It is all part of a hedonistic view on life, the balance between pleasure and pain. Animals (from what we can tell) and newborns know this and only this � food and sleep make me happy, not having enough doesn�t. It is impossible to side step our own biological blueprints and we have to accept that. Very few people will admit that this underlying foundation for us (as mammals) exists, simply because we are unable to harness it. Take tits for example � I like tits � you like tits � we all scream for tits. But why? Technically they are sacks of fat hanging (sometimes quite low) of the chests of females. It could be that we associate them with an erogenous zone and thus it makes them sexy, but I think that it is more likely that we are programmed to see them as fertility � a good mate. As animals and men our main goal, the one that we were put here for, is to impregnate as many women as we can with the best DNA (and most compatible) to make our offspring strong so they can survive. Which is why we are constantly looking for a better mate � and now with the evolution of society and culture we toss emotions into the mix. Emotions (apart from pleasure and pain) are really a detriment to us as animals. I mean how does it help us that we feel shitty when we get dumped or let down. It doesn�t. We just have to accept that everything is the way it is and learn about it to appreciate it and use it to our advantage.
So my advice to you: pay attention to how things and people make you FEEL and try to make that feeling a good one � and above all live and appreciate life.