Ahh the single life! Although being single can sometimes feel depressing, this is your chance to do and be everything you want. It’s the time where it’s perfectly okay to be selfish. There’s no significant other to worry about; there’s no one you have to answer to, and you can travel where ever the heck you want without hesitation (as long as you can afford it of course). So if you’re feeling down, take a look in the mirror and embrace the single life while you can!
SO, WHAT ARE WAYS TO EMBRACE THE SINGLE LIFE?
Marina Sbrochi, author of Stop Looking for a Husband: Find the Love of Your Life, provided the top 5 ways you can enjoy being single:
1. Love Thyself and Count the Ways - Nobody can make you happy but yourself. So understand this first and foremost. You are awesome. Take a few minutes and write down your great qualities (good dancer, funny, great cook -- you know!)
2. Get a Hobby - Always wanted to learn guitar? Wish you knew more about Italian cooking? Dying to surf? Now's the time! Without anything holding you back -- make a commitment to do something for you. Who knows, you might meet a great friend or special someone on one of these activities!
3. Get Healthy - If you look good, you feel good and if you feel good, you look good! Take an honest inventory of your physical and mental health. Can you stand to lose a few pounds? Tone up? Need to get rid of some skeletons in the closet. Take this time to get your entire life in shape! You will live longer and be ready to go when you meet that special someone.
4. What do you REALLY want? -- Honestly. If you are just looking to get married because you are 35 and all of your friends are married -- you are on the wrong path. Are you looking for a placeholder in a wedding album? A standard dinner date? Or something more? Make a list of the qualities you want in a partner. Tuck that list away. Go on and make a life for yourself and I promise -- that special person will find you -- because you are not looking!
5. Fake it Til Ya Make it! -- Wake up everyday with a smile. Spin your positive. Make plans to go out often. Start checking off your bucket list. If you don't get out and start enjoying life RIGHT NOW - it will pass you by. Sure you may be sad you aren't coupled up -- but that's not what life is about. Enjoy it -- you are healthy and you have today! Make it great!
