Open to any and all advice to get to a better place

TLDR: empty unfulfilling life needs direction to improve but no idea how and where to start.

Dear advice community,

I am currently stuck in a place in life that doesn’t make me happy.
It’s very overwhelming, and I’ve realised things need to happen and I am the only one who can do that, but I don’t know where to start. Therefore I am reaching out to this amazing community for any and all suggestions.

A short matter of context:
- I am recovering from a burn out and not sure where to take my life career/work wise. I am currently reintegrating, but still haven’t made up my mind. This makes life feel very pointless and I miss something to feel passionate about. I am looking at ways to turn one of my hobbies into my income, but not sure where to start. For reference, I brew quite well, and that has turned into something commercialised and expensive where I live and I dream of an accessible brewery with locally sourced ingredients.
- however, my rent is also on the more expensive side, but there’s a massive housing crisis going on and I just moved in with my best friend a little under a year ago. We got two cats, both turning a year now, so there is some commitment involved. While it’s creating come stability, I also feel stuck and alone as my roommate is out at her boyfriends a lot. I dream of living in a community space, however I gave up on that last year as most find me far too young and I don’t have the connections to get in through a friend which does usually up your chances.
- I broke up and got back together with my partner of 2/3 years. I am very happy with that, but my partner has the life i dream of: fulfilling self employed job, cheap rent in probably the most amazing community in town, a lot of friends to rely on and therefore I get insecure with the feeling of being an extra in my partners life as his life is already fulfilling without me. I get very lonely when he is busy, as my friends are busy often too and I just miss the level of connection he finds at work, home and more. Moving in with him is out of the question, as my depression made me behave in a way that didn’t go well for a while in his home, and he therefore also doesn’t welcome me in a lot of his life anymore.
- I am not a person attracting people who would like to connect with me at the moment. I struggle with social anxiety a lot and I work on getting past that, but it’s hard.

Overall, my life is pretty lonely and empty right now. I have hobbies to keep myself busy and will occasionally reach out to friends, but the threshold is quite high and I am sick of doing everything in life alone. I just don’t know where to start in order to achieve the life I dream of and will fulfill that empty feeling permanently.
I greatly appreciate anyone who has taken the time to read and answer my entry here.
Warm wishes!

Posted Jun 13, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

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