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Similar situation at a similar age. Things I tried that didn't help: start my own company, start a company with some colleagues, relocated to an adjoining but s
by brodouevencode 4y ago
Similar situation at a similar age. Things I tried that didn't help: start my own company, start a company with some colleagues, relocated to an adjoining but still relatively close city, bar hopping (this was pre-COVID), two different jobs that promised a lot but never delivered, finished my degree, and bought a bunch of unnecessary toys (high end gaming PCs, televisions, the newest smartphone, etc). Things I tried that definitely helped: got married to a wonderful woman that shares my values and had kids, found employment with a company that puts its employees first and that makes the best product in their industry, found friends that wanted to be around me for me and not just because I would buy them drinks, started going to church, bought a home that I fixed up and made my own, and my hobbies now all revolve around building things and not idle amusement.
This was over a fifteen-ish year period, so a lot of the things that helped and the things that didn't had some significant overlap time-wise. Therefore looking back on it I'm bucketing things according to what was a waste of time and what wasn't. Now I'm in my early 40s and for the first time in my life content and comfortable.
Just sharing what worked for me. YMMV.