One of the best ways to help you maintain and renew your emotional energy is to take breaks and try to clear you head through either exercise, or starting a new project.
The main issue was that they had no ways of reaching the North American continent en mass. They never developed a great naval army and this mean that they didn't have many ships that could transport armies and colonists so they couldn't really establish themselves as a great nation in the New World. They did have some parts, but it was insignificant compared to Spain and England.
Another recession.
During the recession the stock market crashed