My experience shares many similarities with yours. What transformed my life was taking up juggling (contact juggling specifically) again. I'd learned a little

My experience shares many similarities with yours. What transformed my life was taking up juggling (contact juggling specifically) again. I'd learned a little at university but gave it up after I graduated. I got back into it years later, entirely by accident, and it's open up a whole new world to me. I've made friends in countries across the world and I regularly travel to juggling conventions in the UK where I'm based and further afield. I even perform a little these days. I'm not necessarily advocating that you take up juggling, but whatever your interests, there's almost certainly a group of people out there who'll share them. Find them and you'll be surprised at how quickly you can bond with relative strangers over a common interest. I was 32 when I got back into juggling. It's still early days for you!