What to do when going through a Divorce!

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After reading a great article I found on Pinterest by Cafemom, I decided to make my own divorce bucket list. Some were taken from her, others I came up with on my own. I hope you’ll follow my journey as I post stories of each thing I’ve been able to cross off and you can share your own stories with me!

1. Redecorate the apartment

2. Take a trip alone

3. Buy flowers for myself

4. Go to Yoga or a “Soul Cycle” class

5. Meditate

6. Get a fight song

7. Get a break-up song

8. Go to therapy

9. Learn to say “No”

10. Learn to say “Yes”

11. Flirt with strangers

12. Go grocery shopping with sunglasses on

13. Have sex again (with the lights on)

14. Make a list of everything I want in my next boyfriend

15. Learn to make myself happy alone

16. Find my divorce movie - start with “Nights in Rodanthe” for old times sake

17. Become my own handyman

18. Learn to forgive him

19. Buy myself an “I’m Divorced” ring

20. Save money for my own goals

21. Get a regular haircut and my nails done

22. Get a tattoo

23. Do something wild

24. Learn to love myself BEFORE dating again

25. Make friends

26. Dance in public

27. Get drunk and forget my name for a night (then never do it again)

28. Break something like glass

29. Spend a lot of money on myself

30. Learn ASL

31. Buy myself a corgi

32. Make an online dating profile

33. Get a hobby

34. Go to an adult weekend camp

35. Go on a date until 4am then go our own ways

36. Scream at the top of my lungs somewhere no one can hear me

37. Find myself again

38. Make a mistake and don’t dwell on it

39. Forgive myself

40. Learn to stop being so afraid

41. Do something that scares me

42. Let go of my stress

43. Learn to carry my new baggage without it weighing me down

44. Buy a new purse to carry my baggage (and by that I mean all the shit I buy myself to forget him)

45. Tell someone my story and don’t cry

46. Learn to be immature

47. Give up for a day but then put on my big girl pants the nest day

48. Donate more time and money to things I care about

49. Learn to only care about things that ACTUALLY matter

50. Get married to the RIGHT man and have kids, and a house, and the fairy-tale I wanted with “he who shall not be named”