help me translate
なにもない砂漠みたいな『寂しい』生活をしていたような気がする.

Can you please translate this for me?
Also, I have a trouble with the words, can you note where a word ends and where the next start in this sentence for me?

Question

help me translate
なにもない 砂漠 みたいな『寂しい』生活 を していたような気がする.

Can you please translate this for me?
Also, I have a trouble with the words, can you note where a word ends and where the next start in this sentence for me?

Answer

なにもない = have nothing here
砂漠 = desert 
みたいな = (something) look like
寂しい = lonely
生活= life, but not the one related to birth and existence, it means livelihood,  e.g. “ I love city life”.
を= A connection word
していた = (Past tense, was were +ing)
ような気がする = I feel like

p.s. japanese learner