To the people working full-time

Hello. For context, I just turned 25, I graduated in January of 2025, and I have been working full-time since around May 2024.

My social life has taken a huge hit since. It was relatively alright till December 2025 as up until then I had work on-site and it was mostly junior roles with very little responsibility. So I was able to meet up with friends/new people whenever we'd go out. I started working from home last December and ever since its felt impossible to meet friends/new people. Everyone has a different schedule, and everyone seems to be struggling and tired.

I feel sad. I'm an extremely extroverted person and to not be able to go out with my friends feels suffocating. When we do go out it's amazing but it's becoming increasingly rare. All of my friends work on-site, and each have their valid reasons for not always being able to go out. Sometimes it's because they're tired, or because they don't get a holiday off and spend what time they get off with their family, or they just can't afford to go out which I completely understand and I find myself paying for the group as I got a lucky break before them (this is totally okay as they used to cover for me all the time back in the day when I didn't have a penny!). We accommodate each other and try to make time but it's weeks and sometimes more than a month before we can get together.

I have a lot more free time now and I've thought about making new friends so I can have more people to hang out with but how does one even do that working from home. All the friends I have are either from Uni or coworkers from previous jobs, or a select few who came to Pakistan from the same country I grew up in and settled in Karachi.

How does one meet new people outside of these places? Is this how it is once you're an "adult" and I need to come to terms with it? Because it sucks really bad. I finally have the freedom to freely travel and don't have to worry about money, but I suddenly seem to have no one to hang out with except once a month :') I love my friends very much, and they're amazing people. I just can't stay at home 24/7 without losing my sanity.