I recently ended a relationship with a man. It wasn't especially long lasting, and emotionally I feel fine, although sad. There wasn't anything fundamentally wrong with he and I, but I'd not been single in about ten years. I'd gone from one relationship to another, for a lot of reasons (thank heavens for therapists, I'm picking apart the reasoning for all this slowly and working through it) but we had different desires in the long run and would have made one another profoundly unhappy.
What advice would you ladies offer to someone wanting to improve themselves through a period of being alone? I'm on top of my finances and not in debt, but I guess I'm looking to cultivate new skills or habits that will help me to be a better version of myself for when I feel ready to start seeing someone again. Are there any skills you'd suggest I learn? I can cook fairly well but I'd like to have better food storage, I guess?
Sorry this is a little vague, i guess it all made more sense in my head, but I feel as though I want this period in my life to be productive and healthy and to come out of it a better version of myself
Thanks a lot.
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[–] callthehambulance [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Yeah, that sums it up pretty well, thank you!
Looking back on it, I made some really stupid choices. And there's a load of reasons for it I guess, none of which I'll bore you with, but it's been interesting over the last few months, picking at it all and examining the reasons for what I did. Ultimately though, reasons or whatever aside, I'm an adult, and made my choices of my own volition. I can't change any of it but I can learn from them and do better going on.
Thanks for your comment though, it's definitely what I was trying to say.