I know right. Once you get out of college, you enter what's perhaps the longest phase in your life. In school/college you could probably think "I just have to put up with this for a few years and then I'm out," but I don't think most young adults who find work tiresome are looking forward to retirement either.
Haha, I think I've had a tendency to do that ever since I was in school :p Only, as you get older, the odds that you will successfully accomplish a task by pulling an all-nighter one day before the deadline approach zero...
Eh, same here, actually. Took quite a bit of time finding the drive for my current set, too, even though I'd wanted a new one for a while. Suggestions... anything specific you're looking for? I admit, I usually just rummage through Pixiv or Yande.re for my favourite artists/tags, and I know a nice workable image when I spot one. It's almost like luck, really. Also, is it a render, a signature, or something else you feel like working on? Without any context whatsoever, and probably as good as random utterance: how about making something based on girls in armour? No particular reason; I'm just a sucker for those :p