Welcome to date yourself instead, date yourself instead, what does it mean to date yourself instead?

I'm just gonna learn how to love myself and that's it.

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Anyways, let's dive into this.

This is a question I get asked all of the time.

And the question is, how are you so good at being alone?

How are you okay with being alone all the time?

How are you happy being by yourself?

The truth is, the honest real truth is, I'm not always okay with being alone.

That's the real transparent answer, but I have learned to enjoy the process of being alone.

And as I've got an older, I've come to understand that at the end of the day, the only person we really have to depend on is ourselves.

We cannot be dependent on another person for our happiness.

And it's important for us to learn how to take care of ourselves and show up for ourselves every single day.

Regardless of if we're in a relationship or not, this still applies.

Because whether you think you found your person or your soulmate or whatever, or if you've been married for 20 years,

or you just feel like your partner isn't going anywhere anytime soon, that is obviously so amazing.

But at the same time, I've really come to understand as someone who's been in a few serious long-term relationships,

you never really know what's going to happen.

And you never know what could happen in life because things change, people change.

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