Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
SOMETIMES BEING<br />
SINGLE IS NEEDED<br />
even on valentines day<br />
12<br />
Coming from a girl<br />
who is in her early<br />
twenties and has<br />
been in and out of<br />
relationships for the<br />
past 8 years, ‘tis the season to be<br />
single. You learn so much about<br />
yourself, as well as what truly<br />
makes you happy. Sometimes,<br />
we have a tendency to change<br />
ourselves for others and forget<br />
what we actually like. With<br />
social media shoving it in our<br />
faces about “relationship goals”<br />
and what true love should be, it<br />
is easy to feel pressured to be<br />
in a relationship that may not<br />
be ideal. The best time to find<br />
yourself and enjoy time with<br />
friends is now. You have the rest<br />
of your life to find “the one” and<br />
having faith that he or she will<br />
come will lead you directly to<br />
that person.<br />
]<br />
“This is time to focus on<br />
YOU. Don’t worry about<br />
finding that significant<br />
other, because he or she<br />
will come when you’re<br />
least expecting it.”<br />
So, what will I be<br />
doing this Valentine’s Day? I<br />
could scroll through Tinder<br />
in hopes of finding a date. I<br />
could have a cuddle session<br />
with my dogs. I could take<br />
advantage of the holiday by<br />
waiting on tables and receiving<br />
great tips from guys trying<br />
to impress their girlfriends. I<br />
could even spend the night<br />
watching chick flicks with my<br />
best friend who also happens<br />
to be single. But, what I won’t<br />
be doing is spending the day<br />
with someone who cares as<br />
much about me as they do the<br />
holiday, like I have in previous<br />
years. If you have that special<br />
person, then congrats! I truly<br />
am happy for you and hope<br />
that one day I will be spending<br />
this holiday with someone<br />
special, too.<br />
My advice to the single<br />
ladies out there is to use this<br />
time to focus on YOU. Don’t<br />
worry about finding that<br />
significant other, because he<br />
or she will come when you’re<br />
least expecting it. Find yourself<br />
before trying to find someone<br />
else. Don’t be afraid of being<br />
alone because sometimes that<br />
is exactly what you need, some<br />
time to yourself. Do the things<br />
you wouldn’t get to if you were<br />
tied down. Your main goal<br />
should be finding happiness,<br />
not finding love, because in<br />
happiness there is love. So be<br />
crazy, be reckless, but protect<br />
your heart. And don’t let<br />
holidays bring you down.<br />
“Find yourself before<br />
trying to find someone<br />
else. Don’t be afraid<br />
of being alone because<br />
sometimes that is exactly<br />
what you need, some<br />
[time to yourself.”
Change language