It’s easy to let yourself wallow in self pity when you’re single, just as easy as it is to hate every thing and everyone else because they’re happy. Well, here’s news for you, you can be happy too! Now, before you get carried away, this isn’t a motivational speech, neither is it a means of consolation, it’s the honest-to-God truth. Being happy when you’re alone is the first step to finding happiness in other people; not seeking happiness because you’re a sad, lonely being, more like seeking to add to the inner peace and joy you already have with yourself. I sincerely hope this makes sense to you. I was going through Thought Catalog and discovered these 5 tips that should help you out of that self pity/self loathing/ everybody-else-loathing ‘singledom’.
1. Don’t Be That Person Who Talks Shit About Everyone in Relationships. It’s not cute and everyone hates you just as much as everyone hates the people who only talk about how great their relationships are or how awful being single was. Happy, comfortable people don’t legitimately (joking aside here) bitch about happy, comfortable people. And trust me, you can be just as annoying and as obnoxious as the ‘happy couple’ in your own, special way – you beautiful little snowflake.
2. Don’t Equate Your Self Worth With Your Relationship Status. Alternatively, don’t let people guilt you about being perfectly happy all by your lonesome. Insecure people need to make other people feel insecure, thus, if you are completely happy on your own and they can’t imagine being that happy without someone pushing them along… it’s the product of their insecurities, not some failing of yours. Embrace the shit out your single life and enjoy it for as long as you like. It’s a ticket that doesn’t expire, my friend and there’s no real rush to cash it in.
3. Learn to Be Comfortable and actually Enjoy Doing Things on Your Own. There is something totally freeing about shamelessly going to your favorite restaurant, enjoying your favorite meal, and then treating yourself to the movies. Embrace the utter awesomeness of enjoying typical ‘couple’ activities on your own and realize that you don’t need another human attached to you in order to appreciate things. You also don’t have to debate over weird first date food ordering pressure, wonder if you’re eating like the secret food monster you are, or be concerned that the other party will hate the movie you’ve selected. Plus you can ugly cry through The Fault in Our Stars without someone there judging your snot and mascara smeared face. Is it obvious that my fiancé refused to see this movie with me yet? IS IT?!
4. Stay Active, Stay Busy, or Just Perfect the Art of Doing Nothing Happily. There was this overwhelming judgy feeling that if I, as a single person, wasn’t actively doing a thousand things a day I must be lonely and depressed. There was this weird pressure that I had to be constantly active which, to be honest, I really was most of the time –boredom is my ultimate enemy. I remember this one time where I didn’t feel like going out for some sort of dancy girl’s night thing (I can’t dance and I really kind of seriously hate clubs) and my three friends acted like I needed some sort of intervention for fear I would start collecting cats. To be fair when I’d had cancer I totally did buy a cat out of sheer ‘holy shit I’m dying’ loneliness, but me and this cat did not get along. Asshole kept jumping on my face in the middle of the night and leaping out at me from the windowsills. Anyway. But I really didn’t want to do things just for the sake of just doing a bunch of shit; I wanted to do things because they made me happy. And I found out that doing nothing sometimes made me super happy and I learned to be really comfortable doing it unapologetic.
5. Understand That You Can Choose To Not Be Alone and It Doesn’t Lessen You. You aren’t weaker or less independent merely by falling in love and committing to something and someone. In fact, I’m of the belief that by truly committing to something worthwhile and uplifting, you are strengthening yourself and growing. We learn many lessons from being alone and we learn just as much from being part of something. Although you might have to stop drinking out of the milk carton, start putting the toothpaste cap back on, and stop leaving your clothes behind the bathroom door, so far I’ve found such sacrifices to be worth it.
5 ways to be happily
single
By Eminemish | July 10, 2014 0 Comments
It’s easy to let yourself wallow in self pity when you’re single, just
as easy as it is to hate every thing and everyone else because they’re
happy. Well, here’s news for you, you can be happy too! Now, before you
get carried away, this isn’t a motivational speech, neither is it a
means of consolation, it’s the honest-to-God truth.
Being happy when you’re alone is the first step to finding happiness in
other people; not seeking happiness because you’re a sad, lonely being,
more like seeking to add to the inner peace and joy you already have
with yourself. I sincerely hope this makes sense to you. I was going
through Thought Catalog and discovered these 5 tips that should help you
out of that self pity/self loathing/ everybody-else-loathing
‘singledom’.
1. Don’t Be That Person Who Talks Shit About Everyone in Relationships.
It’s not cute and everyone hates you just as much as everyone hates the
people who only talk about how great their relationships are or how
awful being single was. Happy, comfortable people don’t legitimately
(joking aside here) bitch about happy, comfortable people. And trust me,
you can be just as annoying and as obnoxious as the ‘happy couple’ in
your own, special way – you beautiful little snowflake.
2. Don’t Equate Your Self Worth With Your Relationship Status.
Alternatively, don’t let people guilt you about being perfectly happy
all by your lonesome. Insecure people need to make other people feel
insecure, thus, if you are completely happy on your own and they can’t
imagine being that happy without someone pushing them along… it’s the
product of their insecurities, not some failing of yours. Embrace the
shit out your single life and enjoy it for as long as you like. It’s a
ticket that doesn’t expire, my friend and there’s no real rush to cash
it in.
3. Learn to Be Comfortable and actually Enjoy Doing Things on Your Own.
There is something totally freeing about shamelessly going to your
favorite restaurant, enjoying your favorite meal, and then treating
yourself to the movies. Embrace the utter awesomeness of enjoying
typical ‘couple’ activities on your own and realize that you don’t need
another human attached to you in order to appreciate things. You also
don’t have to debate over weird first date food ordering pressure,
wonder if you’re eating like the secret food monster you are, or be
concerned that the other party will hate the movie you’ve selected. Plus
you can ugly cry through The Fault in Our Stars without someone there
judging your snot and mascara smeared face. Is it obvious that my fiancé
refused to see this movie with me yet? IS IT?!
4. Stay Active, Stay Busy, or Just Perfect the Art of Doing Nothing
Happily.
There was this overwhelming judgy feeling that if I, as a single person,
wasn’t actively doing a thousand things a day I must be lonely and
depressed. There was this weird pressure that I had to be constantly
active which, to be honest, I really was most of the time –boredom is my
ultimate enemy. I remember this one time where I didn’t feel like going
out for some sort of dancy girl’s night thing (I can’t dance and I
really kind of seriously hate clubs) and my three friends acted like I
needed some sort of intervention for fear I would start collecting cats.
To be fair when I’d had cancer I totally did buy a cat out of sheer
‘holy shit I’m dying’ loneliness, but me and this cat did not get along.
Asshole kept jumping on my face in the middle of the night and leaping
out at me from the windowsills. Anyway.
But I really didn’t want to do things just for the sake of just doing a
bunch of shit; I wanted to do things because they made me happy. And I
found out that doing nothing sometimes made me super happy and I learned
to be really comfortable doing it unapologetically.
5. Understand That You Can Choose To Not Be Alone and It Doesn’t Lessen
You.
You aren’t weaker or less independent merely by falling in love and
committing to something and someone. In fact, I’m of the belief that by
truly committing to something worthwhile and uplifting, you are
strengthening yourself and growing. We learn many lessons from being
alone and we learn just as much from being part of something.
Although you might have to stop drinking out of the milk carton, start
putting the toothpaste cap back on, and stop leaving your clothes behind
the bathroom door, so far I’ve found such sacrifices to be worth it.
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