The author on her 32nd birthday

Finding the Meaning In Being Consciously Single

It’s Not All Bad

I never thought I would be here. This wasn't what I imagined my life to be when I was my younger me- unattached, childless, and not living in a Barbie Dream House. I thought I would have it all by at least the age of 25. Ah, the follies of the young.

I used to chase love and monogamy in the past, hoping each relationship would…