User blog comment:The Joker~/How can I rekindle my interest in Skyrim?/@comment-4057437-20121129045941/@comment-4057437-20121129093525

There's Crimson Nirnroot for the quest A Return to Your Roots (to get Sinderion's Serendipity) and lots of Geode Veins to mine for Soul Gems. (Both respawn as do the Centurians, falmer, giant and frost trolls found outside the buildings.)

Plus there's a dragon to mess around with!