The One Thing To Take Away From Your Breakup Is You
We need to stop fantasizing about romantic relationships as an end all, be all “goal”.
No one ever really tells you how much letting go hurts. How long or short the healing process can be. Or how the hours of the moon are often the most difficult ones to endure after a breakup.
We grow up believing that a romantic relationship is the end goal. That a romantic partner is going to save us. That everything we do makes us better for another being. Makes us a better fit for someone else.
So much so, that when the relationship ends we find ourselves questioning our existence and worth. Believing that life as we know it is over. That for whatever reason life can’t go on without them. It goes on.
Maybe you spend countless amount of hours swiping through dating apps just to find love again, just to occupy your time and keep you busy. Going on dates that you know you aren’t actually enjoying. Creating a perpetual cycle of co-dependency. Because for whatever reason we just can’t seem to live without all the noise. For whatever reason being alone is just too hard and the silence is just too loud to bear.
We need to stop fantasizing about romantic relationships as an end all, be all “goal”. Because that’s just…
