I would echo what
thing said. Find some other pilots who also arent in a share and do some flying with them. This is something I regrettably only did when I got into a share.
I often found that my flying 'zone' was a 45 minute radius from my airfied. If I flew out somewhere for 45 minutes, then I had to fly back for 45 minutes, and that was 1.5 hours rental time I had to cough up for on my own. When I started flying with another pilot (and presuming I was sticking to my 1.5 hour budget), suddenly I could go twice as far and that opened up all sorts of possibilities. Not only do you get further for your money, you might also pick up some good (or bad) tips on flying.
For me, it was a departure from the "WWII" stuff as Peter calls it, into some more challenging longer-distance navigation using instruments as well as GPS and finding out what works for me
