26M, moved back to India after 6 years in Canada and now I feel lost in life
I’m 26 years old. I lived in Canada for almost 6 years, but I had to move back to India because my work permit expired. During those years, I worked, traveled, enjoyed life, and built a completely different lifestyle for myself.
It’s been around 6 months since I came back to my village in India. I recently got married too.
Right now, I help my father with the same work he has been doing for the last 40 years — farming, taking care of animals, and other agriculture work. I respect my father a lot, but honestly, I don’t feel mentally connected to this life or this work. Financially, we are mostly in survival mode, and that makes me overthink even more.
What disturbs me the most is this thought:
“If I ended up doing the same work back home anyway, then what was the point of spending 6 years in Canada?”
I know that sounds negative, but that thought keeps hitting me again and again.
I’ve tried thinking about different types of work and future plans, but right now I genuinely feel confused and directionless. I don’t know what career or path I actually want anymore.
Has anyone else gone through something similar after returning from abroad or changing lifestyles completely? How did you figure things out mentally and financially?