Hi everyone,
I was hoping to obtain some advice from someone who might be on a similar situation to mine.
I have been living in Australia for about 10 years. I relocated from Europe with my mother (a pensioner).
When I arrived in Australia, I did not have extensive professional experience since I had finished studying at University. My dream was to break into the marketing industry in Australia, but I have had to put that dream on the side as I was not able to land a job in the field. In fact, I was not able to land any job until 6 months after I had arrived, due to lack of experience.
To sustain myself and my mother, I worked in fields that were not very appealing to me, until last year when I decided to study Digital Marketing that could potentially make me more employable. This has proven another uphill battle because even though I have now graduated, I do not have prior experience in the field.
My mother and I have both found it extremely difficult to make meaningful connections in our new city. Unfortunately it seems that people do not have the time (or perhaps the motivation) to get to know new people and prefer focusing on the friends they already have. When it comes to social/meetup groups, they can be very superficial, once again making it difficult to approach people on a more meaningful level (for instance, exchanging numbers, going for coffee, and having a more regular contact seems nearly impossible).
To top it off, I have had several experiences with toxic workplaces where my efforts, as well as my focus on work rather than gossip and backstabbing, have not been appreciated. I have had to make the difficult decision to leave some of those environments for my own sanity. I am currently unemployed, still trying to get into digital marketing.
Additionally, the distance from Europe is getting to me more and more, to the point where I am starting to doubt whether relocating was a wise decision (there were valid reasons for the move at the time though).
I am at a point where I do not know what to do next. I cannot return to my home country(which would be my dream) for reasons that I won't go through here, and I wouldn't want to return to where I was previously, because it would be even harder to find a job . I am also worried about my mother, because even though eventually I might find another job here, she will be home alone all day, with no friends to talk to.
Ideally I want to relocate somewhere in Europe so that we can be close to my home country, but I don't know where.
Would you have any suggestions as to how to go about this situation? I feel that I am at a crossroads.
Thank you for your patience with my lengthy text.
