Instead of spending Valentine’s Day alone, find the Single’s Awareness activity for you!
Have you found yourself alone on Cupid’s Day? Maybe even for the second year in a row? Are you sick of watching the couples giggle at each other? Or fill up the space under the stairs? Well, don’t go eating the rest of the ice cream or for heaven’s sake don’t eat the box of chocolates alone. Instead, find the Single’s Awareness Day activity for you!
Make Plans! – Literally the worst thing you could do to yourself is wallow in self pity. Make plans with your friends so you can fall asleep for the next five years without thinking back to that embarrassing moment when you scrolled through your exes’ old Instagram posts and accidentally like one from 2016.
Treat Yo’self. – Tom and Donna from Parks and Rec were pretty spot on with this one. Go do something that makes you feel confident and good about yourself, whether it be getting your hair done, buying that one item that’s been in your shopping cart for the last six months, or driving around screaming your favorite Metallica songs. Whatever works.
Everyone’s Favorite: FOOD! – Now, what was said before still stands: do not go eat a whole carton of ice cream, but definitely eat some of your favorite foods. This could be Burger King, a steak dinner, Chinese takeout, chocolate cake, chicken noodle soup, whatever fills that hole in your stomach… and heart.
Movie/TV Show Binging – Contrary to popular belief, binge watching does not mean you’ve hit rock bottom. In fact, just be grateful you have found the time -and freedom- to watch whatever you want. This does not mean that you should watch those episodes from The Office over and over where Jim and Pam go on their first date or get married. Instead focus on the ones where Dwight sets the office on fire or Michael grills his foot on his George Foreman grill.
Here are some other shows sure to put you in a good mood on Single’s Awareness Day:
Friends
Parks and Rec (duh)
New Girl
You (only if you’re feeling either particularly bitter or hopeful about your last break up)
Schitt’s Creek
Homework – Ok, this one isn’t that fun. But we all know that the AP Bio and Math 1050 students need to do it. Also if you’re really against Valentine’s Day, you’ll just pretend it doesn’t exist. It’s on a Monday this year, so who actually cares about it, right? Get caught up on homework so you lament your love life (or lack of) this weekend instead.
In all seriousness, Valentine’s Day really does suck. It is over-commercialized to make single people feel sad enough to buy a box of chocolates that taste like cardboard and then stream that new rom-com. The secret is that couples don’t love it that much either. They feel pressured to get each other way too expensive gifts and then feel really awkward looking at that other couple making out in public. So overall, Valentine’s Day is not that great. But maybe if you do one of these things on the list, you can feel a bit better about yourself and this holiday altogether.
