Lea's Journey: Life After Divorce Part 13

Am in the process of becoming a butterfly and flying….

Dating has taught me what I needed and wanted. After many encounters and efforts in meeting the elusive, I finally realized what I really want, and a relationship was not one of those things at this stage of my life!

This stage had a lot to do with learning and understanding me and I decided to take the time to do more of that!

The responsibility, the commitment, the time and effort that it took to put into a relationship was not something I was willing to invest in.

It was an interesting time filled with curiosity, adventure and many times filled with WTF did I just do!

Politeness has always been one of my barometers in navigating life, but I realized in relationships, politeness does not serve you. Learning to say how and what I feel and knowing when not to continue anymore just because someone is giving you a certain song and dance.

This is a time when being true to myself is what’s important.

Dating has been a lot of fun and I met some very interesting people with whom I’m still friends with, but understanding at the same time that’s the extent of the friendship.

At the end of the day, I have learned and accepted that I’m happy navigating life on my own.

Being someone who craves solitude and alone time, I also have a great network of friends when the need to be social arises.

How are you navigating this somewhat interesting time post divorce. As the Chinese say “ may you live in interesting times!”

Lea