Silence Is Deafening
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Hi all,
Just joined. 33 year old bloke from the UK.
Current life in a nutshell: I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment while looking for work - too much in fact. I've made some positive changes because of this such as regular exercise, nearly finished a 400 page book I've been writing, and next time I get a few quid, I'll be starting poi, and job hunting all the while. So I know how to keep myself busy, but I think that only gets you so far. Annoyingly, however, I have minimal human interaction. Feel free to skip past the next paragraph because there's way more there than intended. Beginning to realise why friend's won't talk
I live away from friends and families so I can live near my son who i see on the weekends. I don't drive, and I'm currently out of work (desperately trying to get in!) and because I don't drive I'm restricted to a fairly small locality. I am fortunate enough to have some with some really amazing friends who live elsewhere but at the moment, between their work and family lives, I'm getting very little response with talking to them, and I don't want to be hanging around their ankles for conversation. I'll probably speak to one of them about once a week, if that. I live alone, not enough money to go out and meet knew people, and again, no car to explore to get out there and meet new people. I have joined a few groups ad societies to expand on the social circles but they still cost money so that's limited. Stupidly, I've been in similar positions most of my life and just accepted it and assumed it was 'fine!' and basically become really accustomed to this isolation (hence Another One Likes The Dust, if you're wondering where that was going to come into it ) So, I now think I've been really crappy to myself. Even when i was working, there wasn't much of a work social life going and I didn't feel much better that how I feel now. Never too late to kick a habbit.
Now, I know none of this is the end of the world as we know it, but I feel I really need more human interaction in my life, and I'm not going to see it in real life until I've got a job again.
So basically, that's why i'm here. I hope there's people out there who don't mind PMing and stuff and having random chats. I'm also conscious some other people might be in the same boat and if that's you, please don't hesitate to message me at whatever time. If I'm asleep, I won't respond - no big deal. If I'm awake, we'll talk.
So, if you're still reading this, I'm pleased to be here and can't wait to meet some new... avatars...
Will update my profile when i figure out how.
Best regards,
Chris
Just joined. 33 year old bloke from the UK.
Current life in a nutshell: I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment while looking for work - too much in fact. I've made some positive changes because of this such as regular exercise, nearly finished a 400 page book I've been writing, and next time I get a few quid, I'll be starting poi, and job hunting all the while. So I know how to keep myself busy, but I think that only gets you so far. Annoyingly, however, I have minimal human interaction. Feel free to skip past the next paragraph because there's way more there than intended. Beginning to realise why friend's won't talk
I live away from friends and families so I can live near my son who i see on the weekends. I don't drive, and I'm currently out of work (desperately trying to get in!) and because I don't drive I'm restricted to a fairly small locality. I am fortunate enough to have some with some really amazing friends who live elsewhere but at the moment, between their work and family lives, I'm getting very little response with talking to them, and I don't want to be hanging around their ankles for conversation. I'll probably speak to one of them about once a week, if that. I live alone, not enough money to go out and meet knew people, and again, no car to explore to get out there and meet new people. I have joined a few groups ad societies to expand on the social circles but they still cost money so that's limited. Stupidly, I've been in similar positions most of my life and just accepted it and assumed it was 'fine!' and basically become really accustomed to this isolation (hence Another One Likes The Dust, if you're wondering where that was going to come into it ) So, I now think I've been really crappy to myself. Even when i was working, there wasn't much of a work social life going and I didn't feel much better that how I feel now. Never too late to kick a habbit.
Now, I know none of this is the end of the world as we know it, but I feel I really need more human interaction in my life, and I'm not going to see it in real life until I've got a job again.
So basically, that's why i'm here. I hope there's people out there who don't mind PMing and stuff and having random chats. I'm also conscious some other people might be in the same boat and if that's you, please don't hesitate to message me at whatever time. If I'm asleep, I won't respond - no big deal. If I'm awake, we'll talk.
So, if you're still reading this, I'm pleased to be here and can't wait to meet some new... avatars...
Will update my profile when i figure out how.
Best regards,
Chris