[UPDATE] Car stolen on day 3 in a new city 1000 miles away from home. Move back or tough it out? What are even my options...
About a month ago I made a post after a car theft that left me with basically nothing in a city wherein I knew nobody. I wanted to give an update just in case anyone is in similar circumstances or has a similar experience to let them know that things do in fact get better, even though it doesn't feel like it.
I ended up making the unfortunate decision to come back home and figure out my next move. I spent about a week feeling the most depressed and defeated I have in honestly my whole life. During that time I didn't really leave my room at all, slept 15 hours a day, and spent the other 9 in bed. It felt really bad to walk away from an opportunity to start a career and build something for myself. Fortunately though, with the help of my dad, I was able to pull myself out of it and get back to the grind.
I honestly really lucked out because I was able to land something that was a substantial upgrade over the job I moved across the country for. I start a week from today; It pays about 1.5x more, has better benefits, and is in my home metro which means I don't have to move nearly as far. I still don't really know how it happened and feel extremely lucky and grateful to have been able to find something else that quickly, especially since I had spent about a year un/der/employed since I finished my degree prior to the first move.
On the car front, I ended up fixing an old beater car with my dad which i drove for a week before I got a call from the STLPD that they had located the vehicle and it was in drivable condition. So i was also able to get my car back with minimal damages. I have since upgraded to comprehensive because I don't want to deal with another situation like that again and figured it'll be cheaper in the long run if something does happen.
Things are really looking up now and I don't think I'd have had nearly as good of a QOL as I do now if I had toughed it out and tried to make the other opportunity work. Thank you to everyone for your advice on my previous post, and remember that things do get better and it's okay to take setbacks.