Hi,
i am 32 single moved to Cambridge U.K. for a corporate job, been here 12 months. Lived in Manchester previously.
I am not enjoying the place. I can’t seem to settle, I don’t have friends and I feel I dont belong here. I have no real social life and just seem to pass the time with nothing to look forward to. I had a vibrant social life in Manchester but also I was in my
20s so I am conscious that I am looking back and I may just now be in another stage of my life.
i thought moving to a new place I would make friends through work and settle in but I feel miserable, and it has not been easy to make connections through work as most people are older than me, have families, work a couple of days in the office etc. I have done anything social with work collègues. I get my energy from people so I am finding it hard to even be motivated now, as my job is quite siloed but I like to make connections and a bit of fun.
I don’t know what to do, should I just leave and go somewhere else?.
Is it a Combination of a new place and the job not being a culture fit for me.
I think I am craving connection but my job is here and moving back to where my parents would be an hour and half commute, so I am trying to figure out the options and why I feel like this to try and make a plan moving forward without doing throwing anything away. My job is very well paid so scared to make the wrong decision and regretting it but also I feel I am not happy in this situation.
I am conscious about looking back in the past for example going back on Manchester and it not been the same or if it would be a better move for me because I am more aligned to a bigger city with more to do. Cambridge I feel does not offer me much to do, and I feel bored here.
Does anyone have any advice or been in a similar situation?. Thank you for reading.