Hi, I'm new, My name is Dana. I just moved from my home with my supportive parents in Ontario to a little basement apartment in a tiny town of less than 2000 people in BC. It has been really tough for me to get accustomed to living alone, cooking for a one and if I didn't have my little Shorkie dog with me, Endora,. I think I would have gone home right now. I'm a counsellor and I'm doing the best I can but most days I just feel lonely and miss my family. I'm 24 and I know that it is time for me to get out on my own and live my life but some days it is just really tough. I also keep gaining weight even though I'm trying to eat right and go on my 3km a day walks my medication is making me overweight. This is tough for me because I just had two hip replacements due to another health condition of mine which also caused a full on manic episode for which I was hospitalized for 2.5 weeks last summer after the first replacement. So now I am journaling and walking my dog and just trying to get by.