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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 25 November 2018 - 23:59

Hi, so I’m a teacher here and have been since Sept 2017. I had a great first year and since coming back in the summer things have not felt the same. I feel like I’ve not made as many friends as I could have and struggle to find or make plans during my weekends or time off and am often alone. I don’t have the same job satisfaction as I did back in the UK and find myself wondering what I’m still doing by living here. First I thought i was having a bad few days every now and then but I’m finding that I am unhappy more often than I’m happy these days.

Any advice?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 November 2018 - 09:21
Hannah, I'm so sorry to hear that you aren't enjoying Dubai any more. Unfortunately, I've been here since May 2015, and have never enjoyed it. Everything is so different here, compared to America (and I'm sure you feel the same way in regards to the UK). I haven't found proper connections with people nor jobs while living here. Someone I used to work with once told me "I have no idea how long I'm going to be here [in this country'>, so I just have to make the best life I can while I'm here." I found that very helpful, though it can be hard to practice. If you are a Brit, you are lucky, because there are so many Brits in Dubai, and having those connections can make it feel more like "home." If you left Dubai for the summer, and went back home, maybe that's why you aren't as happy now, because you miss home. My advice, find one small thing that makes you feel content, and do it as often as you can. Also, if you are here as a means of reaching a goal, keep that goal in mind at all times; that way, you will push on. If you are not happy here, and are not here for any specific reason, then go somewhere that does make you happy. Good luck!
 
 

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