Try to take whatever life throws at me and try to find / make something positive out of it.
What Gives Me Hope
See above.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
Expel all politicians who try to "milk" the system, and encourage honest, but reluctant or confidence lacking "best" candidates to stand for election.
What/who changed my life and why
Death in Venice (book) - Aschenbach's position, confusion and guilty longing struck a chord with me, as a teenager, as did his loneliness and sense of isolation.