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Being single can be massively freeing, especially where work is concerned - you have many fewer ties geographically as to where you can go to find work. If you can travel (car, train, whatever) then you have a great blank slate to work from.
It can be daunting starting again but you just need to handle your shit one step at a time, and you have the luxury of being totally independent.
I'm not independent
What restrictions do you have? I understand that nobody is an island, rather that it can sometimes be helpful to reframe things in your mind.
Obviously there are immovable restrictions (you are a carer to family, or can't leave an area for any number of reasons), but sometimes it can be helpful to view things from a different angle.
@Platypus@lemmings.world isn’t here to improve his life. This is at least the 10th post I’ve seen from him bemoaning his terrible life. Any advice he’s given is dismissed as being irrelevant or impossible.
I don’t know what he’s looking for but it’s not solutions.
Some people get in a rut and think like that. To your point, there is very little we can do. The poster will want to actually change life choices.