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I moved to Canada in 2015. I came up here with lots of optimism and energy...two years later I'm so depressed that's it hard to even get out of the house. Thus, my fitness and nutritional goals are hitting a rut. It's so hard to get motivated! I'm going to try again this coming challenge, but I should probably make some goals now. I know that my biggest problem is no friends here. I've made friendly acquaintances, but they have already established social circles. I'm just an outsider. Moving to a country is so hard! I went from full-time school, full-time job, and weekly friend social time to ...nothing. I have nothing going on. People talk about wanting free time, but ARGH...this is not actually a good thing. I'm cleaned every inch of the apartment, reorganized everything, wrote a novel, filled a journal, binged watched Netflix until my eyes hurt, replayed FF9, cleaned the apartment again...you get the drift? It's making me depressed, thus affecting my health. I'm refusing to let it defeat me though. I've decided I'm going to make socializing a goal. Been looking at D&D groups in the area, if only I could work up the courage. (My boyfriend's friends have been really nice, but they grew up with him and not me. We have different interests. I need my own friends too.) If anyone has advice on moving to a new country or being fit while depressed, hit me up with advice 'cause I'm trying so hard to respawn and no give up!