My STBXH (43M) and I (41F) agreed at the end of July that our marriage was not working and we broke up immediately https://onlinedivorcer.co.uk/online-divorce-northern-ireland. About a month ago I moved to a new location in a new city about 25 miles away where I hardly know anyone. I'm an introvert, so I never had a large circle of friends, and I found a lot of comfort in being married and constantly talking, although it was not fulfilling.

Now that I'm single, I feel overwhelmed and compelled to meet people and make new friends, furnish and furnish my apartment to perfection (which is expensive!), know every coffee shop, restaurant, bike rack, park, and public space in my new city, and basically, so that my new life will be completely unified - like yesterday. (And that's not to mention new dates.)

Has anyone else felt this way when you were just alone? How did you/are you coping with this sense of urgency that comes crashing down on you from all sides? I'm so distracted and overwhelmed by it all that I can barely focus on work or play.