@Jordan

Are you giving your 100% where you are right now?

We envision ourselves in the future with a fancy job, which will be interesting, challenging and will make good money. But once we are on the path, we do not put any effort to make it interesting or challenging, it just becomes a means to an end to earn good money and we end up getting bored. Every job becomes boring/mundane, even doctors see sick patient everyday, it is when they develop people connection and treat there patients not diseases, they then enjoy and love there job more than ever.

I hated my current job and colleagues at the beginning, I despised there work-culture and unprofessional attitude. But when I switched my mind and started loving my job, as a way to connect with people and serve them with my skills and knowledge, I became the happiest person at work and my colleagues attitude and behavior did not bother me at all. Also, things did open up for future adventures.

I would suggest

1. Reach out to your colleagues, be patient, nice and friendly, they will imitate your behavior.
2. Take genuine interest in your project, love it with your heart, it will love you back.
3. You took up the program, thinking about good money. So, be it, take up the challenge and motivate yourself to reach that goal.
4. In PHD programs, you get the chance to assist your professors/tutors with there classes. So, reach out and help.
5. You are in dire need of connecting with people and helping them out, so create it.
6. Go out and immerse in nature, you will definitely get your answer.
7. Never quit before giving your 100% to any scenarios.
8. You have skills, use it and serve.
9. Above all be patient and kind to yourself, everything takes time to blossom.

If all fails, then follow your heart with head held up high, that you gave your 100% to the present scenario and it did not work out. Nothing was wasted, you tried and tested. Good luck for life.