TWENTY (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Keep your word In the past few weeks I have had to disappoint a few of my dear friends because I hadn’t planned well. I had to miss their graduations (and a wedding), and although I was devastated, I knew that they would forgive me because I…
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(19) Observe Nature – Beat loneliness | 57 Ways
NINETEEN. (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Observe Nature There is a state park close to my house, and I love going there and walking around, observing the beauty of nature. I could live in that park! (too bad we get kicked out of the park by sunset). The green is so lush and…
(18) Maintain Healthy Boundaries – Beat Loneliness | 57 Ways
EIGHTEEN. (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Maintain Healthy Boundaries It’s easy to think that people will like you more if you do whatever they tell you to do, but it’s quite the opposite. People don’t appreciate pushovers – they use them. And people who are pushovers always feel horrible about themselves. To have…
(17) Focus on good things – Beat loneliness | 57 Ways
SEVENTEEN. (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Focus on good things The thing about life is that it’s so easy to think about all the bad things that have happened to us in the last decade…even though there are so many more good things to think about. We remember the regrets, we remember the…
(16) Don’t get married – Beat loneliness | 57 Ways
SIXTEEN. (57 Ways to Beat Loneliness & Depression) Don’t get married. I know, I know…you’re probably thinking “What!!!! All I can ever think of is getting married! I’m so lonely!” I completely understand…The problem though is eliminating loneliness cannot be your sole purpose for getting married. No one can ever make you feel less lonely….