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Focus on getting lots of exercise, and try to eat right and get enough sleep. It might be tempting to "let these things go." But someone in your situation will greatly benefit from keeping these things in balance.
Get rigorous exercise 3/week for 30 minutes, be sure to get all your nutrients (even if you need a multivitamin), and sleep at least 6.5 or 7 hours each night, if not more.
You're going through a ton of stress right now, and the above things will help "put the wind back in your sails."
Easier said than done, I know, but anyone who does these things will tell you: it works. I've been in a similar position as yours. If it were to happen to me again, I'd follow my own current advice.
This is only one piece of the puzzle. The mental, occupational, financial, and relationship items are something you'll have to figure out.
Consider my advice as a cornerstone to enabling you to do these things.
Take care of yourself, and the other stuff will be that much easier.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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