Dificult one ZaZa. I lapsed, I ran out of people to take, like you straight and level didn't appeal. Get an IMC rating, then go VMC on top. There is nothing like it, you can really feel you are flying. I got mine hoping for a bit of paper that would increase my priveleges, I ended up a sharper, better pilot.
Other than that, use it to go places, now I am in a group and flying costs me only fuel, I can go to Paris with four of us for about 40 quid each, not bad.
Why not start with the PPRuNe fly in?