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you become the person you're meant to be, leave your comfort zone and live a purposeful and

fulfilling life. Let's go.

Thank you. live a purposeful and fulfilling life. Let's go. All right. Welcome to episode 714. Hello, my friend. Welcome to a fresh new episode of New Mindset, Who Dis, as always. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you for supporting me. And today, a collective deep breath for anyone still searching for love. A deep breath, because we are all capable of taking a step back and hitting reset and regaining a sense of optimism in light of the actual purpose of dating, the process of dating, the real purpose behind the

process.

And here's the context for what I'm about to say.

I saw this article in the Wall Street Journal, and the headline was verbatim as follows.

Dating is the only thing you can put 10,000 hours into and end up where you started.

Now, I'm going to strongly, optimistically disagree with that sentiment.

But just for a little bit more context, the article was basically about how a

growing number of women are rethinking traditional relationship timelines, and instead they're

opting to stay single. And it's not necessarily by preference, but often it's just like a practical

response to the lack of compatibility in the dating marketplace.

People, women are choosing independence and their own financial autonomy and sometimes

even solo paths to parenthood instead of settling for incompatible relationships.

And I, of course, applaud that very much so. Obviously not settling.

I also applaud being single.

I wrote a book called Singler's a Superpower because I see the power of being in your own lane for as long as you choose.

Yes, but.

Big but here.

That quote hit me in the face.

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