Whether you are looking for inspiration, dating tips, or financial advice, here are some good reads from around the web!
All about attitude:
Single and happy at 40 plus, yet no one seems to understand her contentment
www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/style/no-kids-happy.html?mabReward=CBMG1&recid=170F2ERMpL3L4jJn5FLVETcYm6L&recp=3&action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine
Be your best self
time.com/4479890/best-version-of-yourself/
Start your day off right!
www.forbes.com/sites/jennifercohen/2014/11/26/10-morning-habits-successful-people-swear-by/#9d6ca796778b
Cultivating resilience, an elusive yet oh-so-important trait
time.com/3002833ow-to-be-resilient-8-steps-to-success-when-life-gets-hard/
Finding hope:
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/pieces-mind/201504/finding-hope
Too nice? There really IS such a thing...
www.bolde.com/10-brutally-honest-reasons-nice-girls-always-finish-last-in-love/
Alternatives to online dating
www.bustle.com/articles/66285-the-11-best-ways-to-meet-someone-in-real-life-because-online-dating-really-isnt-the
Single life:
Fitting the mold. The pressure to marry is a figment of your imagination!
www.collective-evolution.com/2016/09/28/the-marriage-trap-how-to-deal-with-society-pressuring-you-to-get-married/
Shouldn't this hold true for women, too? And no, I don't subscribe to Brides magazine.
www.brides.com/story/wont-marry-you-until-you-give-him-these-things-yourtango
Food for thought. Bella DePaulo just has a way of putting things...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201003/are-you-single-heart
Instead of looking for/falling in love, how about trying one of these?
thoughtcatalog.com/heidi-priebe/2015/08/30-things-to-do-instead-of-falling-back-in-love/
A letter to my not so happy single self.
medium.com/the-mission/a-letter-to-my-not-so-happy-single-self-43a338350007
Single women ARE smarter
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navigating-the-love-gap/201802/why-are-so-many-smart-women-still-single
Worth watching: What No One Told You About People Who Are Single
Bella De Paulo's TED talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZysfafOAs
Brought to you by CNN...could single be the "new black"?
www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/health/single-people-partner/index.html
Marrying yourself? These singles did just that! Whether or not you want the pomp and circumstance of a wedding, you CAN have a fulfilling life as a single.
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/women-perfect-weddings-marry-groom/story?id=46349978
Life satisfaction of singles
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-single/201701/is-it-true-single-women-and-married-men-do-best
Viewpoint: the price of being single
ideas.ted.com/the-price-of-being-single/
The "other" marriage descimination
www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-leong/the-other-marriage-discri_b_5702032.html
Politics of being single: an interesting site
www.unmarried.org
Positive aspects of being single, a feel-good read
www.bustle.com/articles/177358-singles-may-have-more-meaningful-lives-than-married-people-and-its-time-for-society-to
EVERY single needs to read this!
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/03/amatonormativity-everybody-should-be-coupled-up.html
Of house and home:
Recipes for one (with ratings)
www.allrecipes.com/recipes/15050/everyday-cooking/cooking-for-one/
Home-buying tips for singles:
time.com/money/2894989/single-and-thinking-of-buying-a-home-heres-some-advice/
Practical tips that may be useful to all
www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/24-survival-tips-for-living-alone?utm_term=.vgPKQx7W#.yd3r5d7p
More Practical tips
www.bustle.com/articles/151049-13-weird-but-awesome-life-hacks-that-every-single-person-should-know-no-matter-what
Money-saving tips for singles
www.bankrate.com/finance/frugal/living-single-4-ways-to-save.aspx
Relationships:
Is your relationship a good one?
www.realsimple.com/work-life/family/relationships/healthy-relationship-signs
Keeper or not?
www.tipsonlifeandlove.com/love-and-relationships/32-signs-you-have-a-future-together-and-24-signs-that-you-dont
What does the opposite sex really want?
www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/want-a-successful-marriage-spouses-should-do-these-10-things-for-each-other-ofte.html
Tips for meeting new people
www.rd.com/advice/relationships/dating-meet-new-people/
The evolution of marriage
www.usnews.com/opinion/civil-wars/articles/2017-08-15/how-marriage-is-evolving-in-a-time-of-womens-independence
Laughworthy:
Dealing with family pressure to settle down (humor)
www.buzzfeed.com/niralishah/mummy-daddy-i-want-a-love-marriage?utm_term=.kvZxgpoe1#.umbw4ngEq
Think that we have it bad? Here's what it was like to be a single woman in the 1930s.
mashable.com/2014/10/08/tips-for-single-women/#.XhQJZjfVgqn
Handle your single status with humor: some tongue-in-cheek replies to nosy questions. metro.co.uk/2015/08/19/34-creative-answers-for-when-youre-asked-the-still-single-question-for-the-1000th-time-5350770/
All about attitude:
Single and happy at 40 plus, yet no one seems to understand her contentment
www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/style/no-kids-happy.html?mabReward=CBMG1&recid=170F2ERMpL3L4jJn5FLVETcYm6L&recp=3&action=click&pgtype=Homepage®ion=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine
Be your best self
time.com/4479890/best-version-of-yourself/
Start your day off right!
www.forbes.com/sites/jennifercohen/2014/11/26/10-morning-habits-successful-people-swear-by/#9d6ca796778b
Cultivating resilience, an elusive yet oh-so-important trait
time.com/3002833ow-to-be-resilient-8-steps-to-success-when-life-gets-hard/
Finding hope:
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/pieces-mind/201504/finding-hope
Too nice? There really IS such a thing...
www.bolde.com/10-brutally-honest-reasons-nice-girls-always-finish-last-in-love/
Alternatives to online dating
www.bustle.com/articles/66285-the-11-best-ways-to-meet-someone-in-real-life-because-online-dating-really-isnt-the
Single life:
Fitting the mold. The pressure to marry is a figment of your imagination!
www.collective-evolution.com/2016/09/28/the-marriage-trap-how-to-deal-with-society-pressuring-you-to-get-married/
Shouldn't this hold true for women, too? And no, I don't subscribe to Brides magazine.
www.brides.com/story/wont-marry-you-until-you-give-him-these-things-yourtango
Food for thought. Bella DePaulo just has a way of putting things...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/201003/are-you-single-heart
Instead of looking for/falling in love, how about trying one of these?
thoughtcatalog.com/heidi-priebe/2015/08/30-things-to-do-instead-of-falling-back-in-love/
A letter to my not so happy single self.
medium.com/the-mission/a-letter-to-my-not-so-happy-single-self-43a338350007
Single women ARE smarter
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navigating-the-love-gap/201802/why-are-so-many-smart-women-still-single
Worth watching: What No One Told You About People Who Are Single
Bella De Paulo's TED talk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyZysfafOAs
Brought to you by CNN...could single be the "new black"?
www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/health/single-people-partner/index.html
Marrying yourself? These singles did just that! Whether or not you want the pomp and circumstance of a wedding, you CAN have a fulfilling life as a single.
abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/women-perfect-weddings-marry-groom/story?id=46349978
Life satisfaction of singles
www.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-single/201701/is-it-true-single-women-and-married-men-do-best
Viewpoint: the price of being single
ideas.ted.com/the-price-of-being-single/
The "other" marriage descimination
www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-leong/the-other-marriage-discri_b_5702032.html
Politics of being single: an interesting site
www.unmarried.org
Positive aspects of being single, a feel-good read
www.bustle.com/articles/177358-singles-may-have-more-meaningful-lives-than-married-people-and-its-time-for-society-to
EVERY single needs to read this!
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/03/amatonormativity-everybody-should-be-coupled-up.html
Of house and home:
Recipes for one (with ratings)
www.allrecipes.com/recipes/15050/everyday-cooking/cooking-for-one/
Home-buying tips for singles:
time.com/money/2894989/single-and-thinking-of-buying-a-home-heres-some-advice/
Practical tips that may be useful to all
www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/24-survival-tips-for-living-alone?utm_term=.vgPKQx7W#.yd3r5d7p
More Practical tips
www.bustle.com/articles/151049-13-weird-but-awesome-life-hacks-that-every-single-person-should-know-no-matter-what
Money-saving tips for singles
www.bankrate.com/finance/frugal/living-single-4-ways-to-save.aspx
Relationships:
Is your relationship a good one?
www.realsimple.com/work-life/family/relationships/healthy-relationship-signs
Keeper or not?
www.tipsonlifeandlove.com/love-and-relationships/32-signs-you-have-a-future-together-and-24-signs-that-you-dont
What does the opposite sex really want?
www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/want-a-successful-marriage-spouses-should-do-these-10-things-for-each-other-ofte.html
Tips for meeting new people
www.rd.com/advice/relationships/dating-meet-new-people/
The evolution of marriage
www.usnews.com/opinion/civil-wars/articles/2017-08-15/how-marriage-is-evolving-in-a-time-of-womens-independence
Laughworthy:
Dealing with family pressure to settle down (humor)
www.buzzfeed.com/niralishah/mummy-daddy-i-want-a-love-marriage?utm_term=.kvZxgpoe1#.umbw4ngEq
Think that we have it bad? Here's what it was like to be a single woman in the 1930s.
mashable.com/2014/10/08/tips-for-single-women/#.XhQJZjfVgqn
Handle your single status with humor: some tongue-in-cheek replies to nosy questions. metro.co.uk/2015/08/19/34-creative-answers-for-when-youre-asked-the-still-single-question-for-the-1000th-time-5350770/