Post-Breakup Care: Date Night for the Single Gal

I recently reviewed Getting Past Your Breakup and in it, the author Susan J Elliott recommends that all newly single gals out there, plan a date night (or morning) every week. That means spending one night alone with yourself to help you get through the stages of breaking up. Other writers have recommended this as well – in The Artist’s Way, author Julia Cameron recommends planning one ‘Artist’s Date’ a week, where you go on a date with yourself somewhere that will stimulate your creativity (it might be a gallery, a fleamarket, anywhere interesting).

Elliott recommends switching off all outside communication (yes that includes Facebook and Twitter for the addicts) – those of you with kids, take it after they go to bed, before they get up, or when they are visiting Grandma.

Do something special for you: take a bath, read a novel, go out for a bike ride. You might like to take a class, go shopping or get your nails done. Personally there is nothing I like more than going to a movie on my own. There is something so indulgent about it. If I am living in a city close to hot springs, that is another wonderful escape.

Elliott explains:

‘There is tremendous payoff to learning to spend time doing good things for yourself. Not only will it make you feel better, but you will attract other positive people who know that self-care is a priority.’

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Getting Past Your Breakup