Girl dinner but make it ‘I went to Trader Joe’s unsupervised.’
So I recently moved back to my hometown after getting out of an abusive marriage, and I’m in this weird in-between phase of rebuilding my life. I have friends here, but everyone is kind of in their own world now…living with their partners, building their lives, doing their thing. I’m genuinely happy for them, but it also makes me feel…lonely sometimes. Like I’m on a completely different path. I’m single for the first time in a while, and I want to embrace it. I want to romanticize my life, enjoy my own company, and not feel like I’m missing something just because I don’t have a partner right now. But some nights are harder than others.
So I guess I’m asking is, what do you guys do to combat loneliness? Especially during cozy nights in when it’s just you and your thoughts. How do you make your single life feel full and soft instead of empty? What are your little rituals, routines, or habits, go-to movies/tv shows that help? I’m trying to turn this into a healing, peaceful era instead of a sad one, but I’d love ideas from people who’ve been through it.