A Dating Detox

"Dating sucks. I suck. No, I don't suck. Guys suck. I'm never going to meet anyone. Everyone is shady. Am I shady? Everyone is awkward. Maybe I'm awkward. I'm going to be alone...forrrrrever."

This has been the thought process in my head lately. After a handful of bad dates, mixed in with a few awkward dates, and a couple disappointments I've started to become cynical and insecure. And cynical and insecure is not me. I'm the positive girl with tons of faith. I'm the girl that trusts in God's ultimate plan for my life. What the heck has happened to me?

Jerks have happened to me. Mediocre has happened to me. My own craziness has happened to me.

So now it's time for a change. The idea of the detox started as a joke between me and my roommate/bestie, Lindsay. We were emailing last week and both complaining about how we need a break from dating and that we also both need to get healthy. And since detoxes are so trendy right now we started talking about doing a dating detox. And here we are now!

So what does a dating detox look like? I scoured the internet tonight and honestly, it looks like many different things for different people. But for me it looks like this:
*First and foremost, focusing on my relationship with God and listening to what He wants for my life.
*Accepting and loving every part of me.
*Not dating at all. Getting off the current dating site I'm on. And not talking to anyone new during this time.
*Purging my life of all remnants of ex boyfriends.
*Focusing on me.

So if you decide to come on this journey with me, then let me know in a comment below what your dating detox looks like. And if you're just reading along, then let me know that too.

I'm sure this is going to be an amazing adventure and I can't wait to see what God is going to do in my life in the next 40 Days.

Signed: Kicking my close friends Cynical and Insecure out the door, they've over stayed their welcome!