Mainly practical things for me, I need to learn to drive as that will help me no end, and to get a second job to top up my income, and hopefully move to a new rental property that I can better afford.
I want to find a completely different job as well.Move house hopefully to a new area and find a job I will enjoy not just put up with I would love to retrain to do something else if possible
Yes i live in London and use Meetup. Its wonderful. Mine was mainly hiking groups. I met 3 good friends all London based and now a partner of 3 plus years. Its been a slow but more importantly consistent process. Making connections does take time and patience. I also made friends with neighbours and moved jobs and kept a few friends a long the way.1) Make more friends/social contacts. I have found myself feeling lonelier than ever the past few months: I think a combination of the pandemic, friends having babies / settling down & not being interested in doing anything/ meeting up anymore (radio silence now from those who constantly messaged about doing stuff when they were single ), & moving to a new area and wfh, so never in the office, haven’t helped.
I also find that living in London means that every few years, as friends either move back to their hometown or elsewhere in the country (due to obscene living costs), I am in this same predicament, having no one to do stuff with, so I need to find a long term hobby so I don’t find myself in this position again in 2026!
2) Linked to the above, join a book club/Meet-up group, badminton/tennis club. Things I am interested in but I waste time surfing the net instead of doing something more productive and beneficial.
3) Put myself first: I have become a lot better at this over the last few years, but I am going to improve on this in 2023. I am far too lenient with some people, and put my happiness and contentment in other people’s hands, so will continue to work on this aspect this coming year.