Oh Valentine's Day. I am sure we can all agree that a fake holiday aimed at selling flowers, chocolate, and filling restaurants is a great idea for the economy, but a bad idea for our collective self esteem. Who got what flower arrangement. Do you have a date? A day of incomplete feelings, anxiety, and loneliness. Can you feel the love?
So here is what I propose on this Cupid's day of quivers.
Do something for yourself. I'm not saying be that crazy lady in the office who sends herself flowers. I'm not promoting insanity. I am promoting self-promotion. You know that New Year's resolution you left behind on January 11th? Pick it back up. That movie you wanted to see. Go to the theater, alone if you must, and see it. Hell, bring a bottle of wine with you. Or for that matter sit at a bar and order yourself a nice glass of wine or scotch or the biggest steak on the menu and ENJOY. Enjoy it for you. Not because someone else is obligated to make you feel better about yourself on a made up holiday.
Hit the gym. Sweat like a maniac and get your body in shape so that the person who should be your Valentine, (but isn't) feels like a complete moron come May 1st.
Go for a run and blow off the steam of feeling alone. By the time you are done you will feel accomplished and you won't be bloated like the girl in the office who ate a box of chocolates all day that she guilted her boyfriend into sending her. (You know that girl, the one who mentions her awesome boyfriend ALL THE TIME and you know she is going to get crushed by him and she will the talk about how much of an asshole he was ALL THE TIME)
Do it for you. Be your own Valentine. Making other people feel loved is great, but (and this is repeating myself) we should be doing it the other 364 days of the year not just on February 14th.
I know a couple (a rather awesome couple) who were married on February 14th. Now they have a reason to celebrate the day. Everyone else, thanks for boosting your local economy.
So here is what I propose on this Cupid's day of quivers.
Do something for yourself. I'm not saying be that crazy lady in the office who sends herself flowers. I'm not promoting insanity. I am promoting self-promotion. You know that New Year's resolution you left behind on January 11th? Pick it back up. That movie you wanted to see. Go to the theater, alone if you must, and see it. Hell, bring a bottle of wine with you. Or for that matter sit at a bar and order yourself a nice glass of wine or scotch or the biggest steak on the menu and ENJOY. Enjoy it for you. Not because someone else is obligated to make you feel better about yourself on a made up holiday.
Hit the gym. Sweat like a maniac and get your body in shape so that the person who should be your Valentine, (but isn't) feels like a complete moron come May 1st.
Go for a run and blow off the steam of feeling alone. By the time you are done you will feel accomplished and you won't be bloated like the girl in the office who ate a box of chocolates all day that she guilted her boyfriend into sending her. (You know that girl, the one who mentions her awesome boyfriend ALL THE TIME and you know she is going to get crushed by him and she will the talk about how much of an asshole he was ALL THE TIME)
Do it for you. Be your own Valentine. Making other people feel loved is great, but (and this is repeating myself) we should be doing it the other 364 days of the year not just on February 14th.
I know a couple (a rather awesome couple) who were married on February 14th. Now they have a reason to celebrate the day. Everyone else, thanks for boosting your local economy.
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