Once upon a time, Valentine’s Day conjured up fear and dread in the hearts of singles.
No more!
With a fresh perspective, a healthy dose of hindsight, and your friends, Valentine’s Day can be just as fun for the savvy single as it is for the happily hooked up.
By putting into practice the following DO tips, you’ll rock your single and ready to mingle self on Valentine’s Day and beyond.
1. Get Naked (emotionally and physically)
You’ve got to face this simple fact once and for all- in order to be in a healthy and harmonious relationship in which you trade genuine lasting love, you have to first love yourself. I am talking everything about yourself! In order to work on your self-worth I have two essential activities that you truly should try:
1- create an “I Love Me” journal and write out all of the things that are fabulous about you. No one else is going to see this. Consider it your opportunity to be ruthlessly honest and even a bit arrogant.
2- walk around the house naked often. Glide your hands along your skin and feel just how beautiful and perfect you are.
2. Treat yourself to one of your favorite things
Be it a box of chocolates, a massage, or even a diamond ring. If splurging on yourself is tough, rationalize it this way- if you were coupled, you would be wasting that cash on someone else. Why not spend it on yourself?!
3. Take the day off and luxuriate in some quality me-time.
Take a hike, play catch with your dog at the park, read a book at the beach, or just stay home all day and play Super Mario Bros 1 on the original Nintendo (nothing wrong with nostalgia to brighten your day).
4. Do something for someone else.
Case in point: I woke up one morning in a foul mood. A boyfriend had broken up with me the night before and all I wanted to do was marinate in my misery. After a few hours I decided to pry my butt off the bed and go for a walk. Along the way I crossed the path of about 200 exhausted marathoners on their last mile. Sweat streamed from their pores and their faces articulated more agony than even I could imagine. Since I had no water, Luna bars or a finish line to take the pain away, I looked one particularly pathetic runner in the eye and smiled. Her expression instantly softened and she responded with the most genuinely thankful smile. Somehow my smile lightened her day, and her smile brightened mine. Moral of my rambling anecdote: doing something for someone else can actually be construed as selfishly satisfying.
So happy Valentines Day to all of you singles out there! This time dedicated solely to yourself could be the best of your life- when you don’t depend on another half to be whole, you are fabulous enough to be whole on your own.
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