How to Start Dating When You’re Not Sure You Want To

Kristen Mira
Nov 6 · 3 min read

“Me? I’m taking some time off from dating to focus on personal growth.”

I’ve used this line a lot in my journey through single-dom. Meanwhile burying myself underneath my bed sheets and getting up occasionally to refill my tea and tortilla chips as I devoured the book “How to Love Yourself (and Sometimes Other People)”. I’d inhale at the end of a chapter and let it all…

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