If the life you are living did not involve a vow of some kind, then it is not a vocation. The Magisterial documents do not consider single life a vocation because single life does not involve a vow.
Marriage, religious, consecrated virgin, sister, nun, monk, brother, even ordained, all involve a vow of some kind. Without a vow before God, there is no "state in life" or vocation.
At least, that's what the Church teaches. This is stated explicitly in Vatican II's document on the laity.
56. The Church's rich variety is manifested still further from within each state of life. Thus within the lay state diverse "vocations" are given, that is, there are different paths in the spiritual life and the apostolate which are taken by individual members of the lay faithful. In the field of a "commonly shared" lay vocation "special" lay vocations flourish. In this area we can also recall the spiritual experience of the flourishing of diverse forms of secular institutes that have developed recently in the Church. These offer the lay faithful, and even priests, the possibility of professing the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience through vows or promises, while fully maintaining one's lay or clerical state[204]. In this regard the Synod Fathers have commented, "The Holy Spirit stirs up other forms of self-giving to which people who remain fully in the lay state devote themselves"[205]....
...Along the same line the Second Vatican Council states: "This lay spirituality should take its particular character from the circumstances of one's state in life (married and family life, celibacy, widowhood), from one's state of health and from one's professional and social activity. All should not cease to develop earnestly the qualities and talents bestowed on them in accord with these conditions of life and should make use of the gifts which they have received from the Holy Spirit"[208]. Christifideles Laici #56
Notice, the document refers to "state in life" by then listing the states. Each state is attained by making a vow. Single life is not listed as a "state in life". Being single may be a circumstance or a condition of life, but it is not a "state in life" nor is it a "vocation."
Vocare is a Latin verb meaning "to call," "to name," or "to summon". It is derived from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root, meaning "to speak,"
When we live out a vow, we call out God's name in our lives. The vow speaks our desire to be bound to God's plan for our lives. If we have not spoken the vow, we have not called out to God, we have not explicitly given God a voice in how we will live our lives.
Because single life does not involve an explicit vow, it is no more a vocation than having A+ blood is a vocation. It may be something we live with, it may be part of who we are, but neither of those lived situations doesn't make for a vocation within the Catholic meaning of the word.
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