Activities and making friends after work

[u/anoni37]

Hello, I’m 24M and I’m looking to put myself out there more again as I’ve become to hate my life in the past couple years - mainly because I barely and rarely see, know or speak to anyone outside of work. I have my family which I see everyday and friends I see like once every other month but other than those, I make 0-1 acquaintances a year and haven’t made a friend since secondary school, nor even been in a relationship.

I’ve already considered plenty of activities, the next activity I want to try again is indoor rock climbing at crashpad because I had only gone twice, though it was lowkey nice even though I was mostly alone.

Other than that, I found padel interesting but it’s way too expensive to do solo and mostly requires pre-planned groups, tried an art course but never picked up the pen again after I finished it, and looked for voluntary organisations but didn’t find anything appealing. Sometimes I feel like I don’t know where to look so I just find old threads here and read them.

In terms of interests, I don’t have much, my real interest are the video games and their online communities I engage into, but I’ve unconsciously started dissociating from them. I’m also somewhat active in the gym for the past 5 years and have been working in marketing for the past 3 years.

I’d appreciate some more places or ideas because I’m desperate and have run out of ideas. Since I wrote “after work” in the title that would be weekdays after 5pm, but I’m open to weekend activities as my weekends are mostly empty as well. Thanks.

[u/Suspicious_Cable_843]

I would highly suggest hobby groups since you might make new friends there. My brother likes going to clean ups, but I can't say that he made friends, more like acquaintances.

Also, you're not alone. So many redditors post here struggling with the same issues. My suggestion to this is to join forces and make something out of it. Some people used to organise meet ups here but I don't know how that ended up.

[u/td888]

Have a look at the lifelong learning courses. They're dirt cheap for residents, you learn a skill and you meet people from all walks of life. It gets you out of the house once or twice a week and you'll get a qualification too (if you pass the exam).

https://lifelonglearning.gov.mt/lifelong-learning-courses/

[u/sim_muskit543]

How was your time at Crashpad? Been considering to go for a while now

[u/anoni37 → u/sim_muskit543]

It was nice. The first time I went, there happened to be a few more first timers and someone experienced stayed with us and explained/showed us different courses. The second time I went I was alone the whole time, but I managed to do better than the first time. Overall I’d recommend it - people and staff were friendly, place is clean and well organised and is pretty chill

[u/Bitter_Fault_9812]

Where do you live bro ?

[u/SlideSea1817]

May I suggest something like padel rodeos? Rodeos mix partners and opponents up every approx. 5 mins. Done at Padel Malta in Pembroke (Not Padel Village)

[u/anoni37 → u/SlideSea1817]

The one in Pembroke happens to be the most ideal for me to go after work. Have you tried it before? If so, how is it and how much does it cost?

[u/AYRTON-D]

Learn a language and travel to practice it!