First of all I think the
hardest thing in the world is to have a relationship. To get into it, to
maintain it and then to realize that you have invested all your energies and
time and years into something that you now feel is not going anywhere. Never
mind that you don’t know where it should be going. You know that it is the end.
So it’s time. It’s time to let go and break up. You’ve said those angry words,
you’ve said the goodbyes and slammed down the phone. You’ve had the teary
farewell. Now what? Let’s list them out.
1. Move. Really. If you
can’t move countries, move cities. Ok you can’t move because your work is
there, go stay somewhere where you feel pampered. Rent out a hotel room for a
few nights and live luxuriously…and don’t call your ex and try to get them to
visit.
2. Travel. Take a vacation.
Not just for 1 day but for a whole week and weekend. Go preferably far away
from everything that reminds you of that person. Somewhere where neither of you
ever wanted to go… so you do it alone. Take a friend if you have to and if no
one agrees, just do it alone. Ok it takes money but what have you been saving
for anyway? What better time than now? Take the sick leaves from your company
and go.
3. Get a makeover. This sounds
clichéd and doesn’t really help. After you’ve got the hair cut and bought the
new clothes, you’ll go back to feeling low since you’ll want to show it to your
ex and that’s just a bad idea. So get a makeover for your soul. Join a class
that you would generally not do so - Bollywood dancing, pole dancing, art of
living, yoga, or better yet boxing, karate and wrestling. Anything that takes
you away from the normal and where you can meet new people while venting out
your frustration.
4. Casual Sex. Yes. Yes. Let
us all be morally offended by the idea but we all know that the best way to get
over a person is to get under another one. Be safe and all that, but go ahead
and feel happy that at least a part of you is satisfied. Wink wink.
5. Eat Cabbage. Here’s why -
While that brownie and vodka will make you feel better now, it won’t do
anything for you tomorrow or day after. And one day you will look at yourself
in the mirror and be horrified with what that person has done to you. Because
after all you were doing it because of them. And then you’ll be depressed. No
use. Don’t say the s word (salad) It’ll make you feel like you’re on a diet.
But eat the cabbage.
6. If you feel the need to
talk to them, send text messages, chat, do all the things you’ve been doing for
so long, then write the notes on separate pages of a diary or notebook. There’s
a diary online that you can pen down your thoughts every time you feel like
ventilating. You can even make it public and let the rest of share in your
thoughts! Do not pick up that phone.
7. Get a pet. Pets distract.
I would have said have a baby since that’s the best form of mind-boggling work,
but that would take 9 months and a person…so forget that and get a pet. Fish
don’t count.
8. Find a friend. No I do
not meet call your best friends and whine to them again. They’ve heard it all
and frankly are bored with your relationship. Find a friend online. Join
Internet groups. There’s a whole world out there of whiny people who can
sympathize with you. And who knows, one of them might be The One!
9. Watch a movie every
night. No, not a romantic one. Make it a point to keep yourself busy post work.
Go watch it alone. Make friends with the popcorn man. Watch every movie and
every play there is in town. Then rent dvds and watch them back-to-back till
you’re tired and fall asleep. Pretty soon you’ll realize that you don’t have
the urge to pick up the phone and call that person.
10.
Renovate your house. There’s nothing more distracting than
having painters, carpenters and builders working at your place asking for
suggestions. Go shopping for new things for the house. At the end, you will
have a beautiful new home where you can invite all those new friends and share
new energies with. Let the good times begin, again!
