Looking for advice

Hey there,

Im a 24 year old guy and I am looking for some advice on life from younger adults and this seems to be the best place I can post, so here goes. It will be split into 3 parts as it will be long and I would like advice on all if possible. Any help would be really appreciated.

(1)Job:

Since leaving university in summer 2007 I had no luck finding a job until december, in which I moved to Cork in Ireland to work their for 14 months until I was fired (it was a customer service role and we were able to see their details such as email, i made a huge mistake and agreed to a customer request to contact them, this meant I broke the data protection act so had to be let go).

My problem is since March 09 I have been unable to find employment back in the UK. My degree subject Motorsport Tech (i got a 2-1), is not something I wish to pursue, and every job seems to require some kind of experience. I signed up with a Job Agency but they could only offer a couple of short 1-2 weeks jobs which were so mundane I couldnt bring myself to accept them.

So I am hoping someone is able to tell me how they found work and what my best options are?

(2)Friends:

So I have this bad habit of being a good person to be around and spend time with but not putting in the effort to keep contact. My family moved to another town when I was 10, so I lost my childhood friends. Most of my high school friends did not go to college and the friends I had at college I lost touch with when going to university.

Currently I have only 3 good friends, two of which I lived with at Uni and if we meet up its like we are still at uni, however they are over 2-3hours drive away and I cant afford a car without a job. My other friend is from Sweden but currently doing a degree in California. The friends I had from my job in Ireland are still in Ireland, and it seems that the job was the main thing we had in common.

I need to find some new friends in my area, who I can just go and do regular things with, go for a drink, go bowling, or just relax with a movie night. So how do I go from knowing no one nearby, to getting into a good group of friends?

(3)Depression:

Im a positive person, and always have been. I have had comments from people saying that its one of my better qualities. However living in the same 4 walls, for coming upto 9 months now, without enough social interaction is really starting to grind on me. I am not going to need medication or anything that serious, I just need some goals or aims for the day so that I dont end up sleeping for like 12hours+ (previously I was going running at the weekends and got upto 4 miles but the weather turned crap). Any suggestions for this would be great.

I would really appreciate some thoughts or suggestions on any or all of these topics. Feeling a bit lost at the moment and hope I can get some guidance :smile: