To Build Your Confidence…
1. Go to a movie alone.
2. Lift weights.3. Try surfing, water-skiing, or some activity you don’t already know how to do. Could be riding a bicycle.
4. Take out the trash, set a mousetrap, do your taxes, build a bookcase.
5. Live alone, or at least move apartments in NYC without the help of family.
6. Train for (and finish) a huge physical test like a half-marathon.
7.Go to a scary doctor’s appointment by yourself.
8. Quit your job.
9. Fly to a foreign country by yourself.
10. Learn to stand up for yourself.
1. Go to a movie alone.
2. Lift weights.3. Try surfing, water-skiing, or some activity you don’t already know how to do. Could be riding a bicycle.
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5. Live alone, or at least move apartments in NYC without the help of family.
6. Train for (and finish) a huge physical test like a half-marathon.
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8. Quit your job.
9. Fly to a foreign country by yourself.
10. Learn to stand up for yourself.
To Be Able to Look Back and Say “I Had Fun”…
11. Witness something once-in-a-lifetime, like Jokulsarlon, a lake next to a melting glacier in Iceland.
12. Revel in being able to watch all the reality TV you want.
13. Get drunk during the day, just because you can. Attend Santacon, the convention for Santas, or something similar.
14. Go on a date with someone who actually makes you nervous.
15. Go out with an older man who takes you somewhere nice and makes you feel like a million bucks.
16. Go out with a guy who makes you laugh ‘til it hurts.
To Get Perspective…
17. Be a good wingwoman. It’s not always about you.
18. Chill with your widowed and single grandma. She knows “alone”!
19. Volunteer. [Comment: All of the time]
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12. Revel in being able to watch all the reality TV you want.
13. Get drunk during the day, just because you can. Attend Santacon, the convention for Santas, or something similar.
14. Go on a date with someone who actually makes you nervous.
15. Go out with an older man who takes you somewhere nice and makes you feel like a million bucks.
16. Go out with a guy who makes you laugh ‘til it hurts.
To Get Perspective…
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18. Chill with your widowed and single grandma. She knows “alone”!
19. Volunteer. [Comment: All of the time]
To Make You Appreciate the Next Guy…
20.Do at least one Valentine’s Day alone.
21. Attend a wedding alone. 22. Date the creeps. You’ll really value the nice guys afterward.
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To Make You Feel Sexy and Attractive…
23. Buy yourself some flowers.
24. Invest in a LBD (little black dress) and some sexy stilettos.25. Sit at a bar by yourself and drink a martini.
26.Buy something frivolous and expensive that you LOVE wearing.
23. Buy yourself some flowers.
24. Invest in a LBD (little black dress) and some sexy stilettos.25. Sit at a bar by yourself and drink a martini.
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To Make the Most of Your Free Time…27. Finish all your schooling if you can.
28. Throw yourself into something time-consuming, like learning a foreign language.
28. Throw yourself into something time-consuming, like learning a foreign language.
To Make Yourself a Better Partner in the Future…
29. Make a list of all your faults.
30. Learn to cook well. [Comment: I'm an excellent cook]
31. Get some hobbies. [Film, art, soccer, travel, politics, etc.] [Comment: Blogging, Scrapbooking, Volunteering]
32. Let your married friends edit your online dating profile.
33. Get your finances in order.
29. Make a list of all your faults.
30. Learn to cook well. [Comment: I'm an excellent cook]
31. Get some hobbies. [Film, art, soccer, travel, politics, etc.] [Comment: Blogging, Scrapbooking, Volunteering]
32. Let your married friends edit your online dating profile.
33. Get your finances in order.
To Appreciate Being Single…
34. Babysit someone’s baby for an hour. [Comment: Not a fan of other peoples' children but if they need me to do it, I'll help]
35. Help a friend through her divorce or a bad break-up.36. Host a girls-only night. I think some coupled-up women forget how much we need each other.
34. Babysit someone’s baby for an hour. [Comment: Not a fan of other peoples' children but if they need me to do it, I'll help]
35. Help a friend through her divorce or a bad break-up.36. Host a girls-only night. I think some coupled-up women forget how much we need each other.
