friends help: I’ve recently split from my girlfriend of nearly a year and am wanting to move on in my life. - Help.com

Loads of people make that mistake but remember to always live your own life aswell

Don’t bother trying to visit the old life. Make a new one. You are where you are now, and trying to get back to where you were means nothing. We all move forward for relationships, that is the way it is supposed to be. Now you can make new friends and a new life. Get your place, your job, and your head together, and look forward. Reinvent your life to be something that reflects who you are now, not who you were then. You have changed.

The first place I would try is in your heart, you may have made a silly mistake: but consider for a moment one thing, did your girlfriend make the same mistake or did she lead you.
Love can be a funny thing over-ruling your mind for your heart. If your friends are friends, then they wont really bother. They will probably rib you for what you did, but at the end of day they are your friends. And friends stick together.

I don’t see things as mistakes. We make choices, and there are some that we want to redo, but we make our choices for a reason. It may have been part of a growth process, which makes it a good thing. If you have grown and learned from it, it is what you needed to do. Learning and following your heart are not bad. Just don’t waste it now that you have gone through this. Make it worthwhile and find a way to forge your life from this point. You are a new man, and ready to strike out there and do something good for yourself. Get out there and meet people, go places, visit galleries or arcades, or whatever floats your boat. Find your interest, and pursue it. If you take classes in something you want to learn, you will meet people with similar interests. Check newspaper listings for new bands, shows, events, and go there. Meet people, say hello. Be the new man you have become, and look forward.