I can't find a job where I am.
It makes me very mad. I don't know what I could have done differently. This is soothing to me at least, at least I don't have much, if any, "What-if's" circling in my head. But it also makes so, fucking, mad. This was supposed to be a promising career choice. I did everything I was advised to do. I was told I was doing a bang up job on exactly the right things and that there would be plenty of jobs waiting for me. I even succeeded for a while. But I got fucked on a contract job by being let go entirely unexpectedly so they could hire someone else much cheaper. Since then it's been brutal. More than a year now unemployed. I gave up my apartment to live with my parents. I'm 27 and I feel like I've already struck out in life.
My gf of 5 years left me in April 2016. She gave me a bunch of reasons that, 2 years later, made no sense. She played with me for the next 8 months until I forced the issue in December and we met up. She basically taunted me about how she was seeing someone else now. It's obvious to me now that she always felt she could do better than me.
I met a girl at a party a few weeks ago. She was cute, funny, smart, and liked me obviously, so I asked her out. Our date was going insanely well, until she said that she was moving back to NYC at the end of the month due to more job opportunities. We hung out a few more times after that.
This got me thinking, why shouldn't I apply for jobs there, too? It wouldn't just be NYC, but also Boston, Philly, etc. I just seem to repeatedly get fucked here, and I don't know why. It seems like potentially a fun place, but also very expensive. it might still be worth it though, the salaries are a lot higher there, and I'm currently making $0 a year here anyway.
I'm scared though, I'll admit to it. I have 2-3 good friends here. I don't know if I can rebuild my social life somewhere else. NYC looks drab as hell too.
I wish I wasn't such a pussy.