im totally stuck right now; here's where im at, the good and the bad:
26/m/toronto
work full time designing automation equipment (CAD technologist) and am progressing very nicely, getting raises, etc
quit smoking cigarettes 5 months ago
working on greatly reducing my drinking
started working out a little, basically just pushups every other day, and an hour+ walk or bike ride every day. also i stopped eating junk food. im not overweight or in bad health or anything, but i feel like i should be getting into healthy habits preemptively before i become overweight or unhealthy.
currently live with my parents, who are making/guilt tripping me into giving them money every month. apparently they cant afford the house anymore unless i pay up. if i move out, we have to sell the house, and everyone will have to find a new place to live (or so im told). plus i live so close to where i work that there isnt really anything besides basement apartment for me to rent.
social life is a complete zero. i used to have friends at college and at my old job, but we werent really close, so once i moved on from those things, neither i nor my friends were interested in staying in touch, and that was that. now i work with a bunch of old people and im completely alone. working full time doesnt leave a lot of time to find friends, and where would i even go to meet them? not to mention that i've been a loner for so long that i basically dont know how to interact with people my age outside of the context of school/work.
last time i made an attempt at expressing my interest in a woman was when i was around 15/16, and it was awkward and didnt go anywhere, so i kind of gave up on that and focused on work/studies/amusing myself (i actually did have a gf for a while when i was 15, but that was a fluke). now im feeling like i missed out on a crucial phase of my development as person; the instinct on how to find a mate hasnt been imprinted on me, and its basically too late now, im never going to be "normal".
im trying to improve my situation, but i feel like im spinning my wheels here and im not seeing a way out of the hole any time soon (or otherwise).
what to do?