Step 4 Embrace the pleasures and possibilities that come with doing things alone, like eating out on the spur of the moment and traveling spontaneously.
For example, if you spend too much money on dining out on the weekends, stock your cupboard with groceries on Friday so you'll be more likely to stay in and cook.
Usually I only meal prep six out of seven days a week so that I still have one day which is about like three meals that I can still eat out with friends or eat whatever I want.
And there's only so many things I want to cut in order to still have a good life where I still get to travel and I still get to go out to eat and do fun shit.
Oh, yeah, they can they can rock it into your base and take all your shit while you're out having dinner or something Like people get like immersed in that it's fun It's very very fun.
If you start to feel self-conscious, you should remind yourself to feel proud because there are other people who will not go out to dinner by themselves and you are not one of them.
Years ago, when Julia was still alive and lived in Cambridge, we used to go out to dinner occasionally, and I took her out to a well-known Italian restaurant outside of town.