Tips to avoid Loneliness

DON’T BE TOO DISTANT

Get a healthy balance between being too available and being stand-offish. Get out as much as possible Sitting around in front of the TV or moping in your flat night after night is not going to get you meeting any new people.

DON’T IGNORE THE OBVIOUS

The neighbour, your siblings’ friends, people at work, the attractive person you see in the supermarket every now and then.

BECOME A REGULAR

If you go to the same coffee shop every morning before work, you will eventually be on greeting terms and later on speaking terms with other people who also follow this routine. It is probably less traumatic than going to singles’ bars.

SOMETIMES SINGLE IS GREAT

Remember that it is healthy to be single between relationships. If you rush straight from one relationship into another, chances are that you have dependency issues and are scared of being alone and experiencing personal growth and change.

BETTER SINGLE THAN HITCHED AND UNHAPPY

And lastly, it is better to be single and happy, than desperately unhappy in a relationship. You can never be as lonely by yourself as you can be in a relationship that is clearly not working. So don’t rush into a relationship.