I know how you feel about missing out if you fly back home. I’m having that internal dilemma now… I moved from a smaller city in Aus to Calgary in March on a Working Holiday Visa. I moved for a few reasons, but mostly because I was commuting 140km round trip a day to work to a job in Sydney, but couldn’t afford to live there with the COL so I was still with my parents. I was burnt out that I couldn’t get ahead and fed up with Australia when I left, so I finally took the leap. Calgary is a great city and I can appreciate that. I love the mountains and nature, but I feel so isolated and homesick. I have a great roommate, a decent job, but I’m sad. I miss my family and my dog, it makes me feel guilty. I’m visiting home for a few weeks over Christmas, I think that will be the deciding factor in whether I stay or leave. Maybe consider doing the same thing? Visit home for a while? I guess sometimes it takes leaving to realise the good in where you’re from. Although, congratulations for trying, I know how hard it is to take that initial leap!
I keep going back and forth about returning to Australia. Mountains are amazing, but the warm weather and beach just feels like home.