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Struggling getting back to old life after lockdown

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  • 14-09-2021 2:11pm
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    NewRunnerSD
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    Now that work is starting to open up again. I find I'm struggling getting back into the life I had before lockdown.

    Just to give some background I'm in my late 30s, single and have my own place in Dublin. During the lockdown I decided to move back to my home town temporarily as could work from home. Have my family there so was nice to have people close. Its a very small town with not a lot going on. Left for college and haven't been back on such an extended basis for a long, long time. Most of the people who I went to school with left. Anyway I suppose I settled into life there. Ended up staying for almost a year with a few weeks here and there back in Dublin when restrictions lifted.

    Now I'm back in Dublin again and I'm struggling to settle back into life here after so long. I suppose I'm worried that the life I had before the pandemic is gone and I'll end up working days by myself in my apartment seeing nobody. Will only be back in the office 1 to 2 days a week. Before lockdown had a busy life, in the office 5 days, socialising with colleagues and other friends. Have family close by too. But I just fear that life doesn't exist anymore and I'll be lonely here.

    Since coming back it's really hit me hard and part of me wants to go back to my home town again. Its taken me by suprise massively. But I think in the long term it could be the wrong move although its a lovely place it's so quiet and the winters can be bleak there but yet I'm thinking of it.

    Another alternative could be do so many days in Dublin and so many days in my home town but my fear is that I won't be really settled in once place or the other.

    I'd just love some advice on what to do. If anyone is going through a similar experience what did you do.

    Thanks.

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    scamalert
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    i hate new boards, why is there double posting, and no delete function still ? and my response is gone go figure, sorry op.



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    NewRunnerSD
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭NewRunnerSD


    Thanks scamalert I did get to see your original post. Appreciate it.



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    Tork
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    There probably isn't one answer to this. Maybe for now you might give Dublin more of a go and see do you settle back in. I don't think now is the time for anybody to be making big decisions about relocating when there's so much uncertainty about how we'll be working in the future. Will we all be eventually pulled back into the office 4 or 5 days a week? How would that sit with your plans then, should you decide to move "home"? Would you be making things harder for yourself if you then moved back to Dublin after spending even more time in a place where you were happy? On the other hand, I can very much understand why home is so alluring and why you're drawn back there. Would you be able to find work similar to your current job if you decided to opt for a quieter life?



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