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Are You Experiencing Dating Fatigue? — Here Are Three Things You Can Reflect on
#3. The importance of knowing what you want.
I get the sense that when you are new in the dating realm it’s pretty much like entering a store and just getting stuff you didn’t plan on getting merely because you did not know what you were looking for.
Being new in the dating world can be pretty confusing and frustrating. I didn’t know what was okay and what wasn’t. After all, we don’t get these lessons in school. What is even the criteria? — that’s a very personal question with a very personal answer.
When I started dating I evidently didn’t know what I wanted. I had this mindset of “go with the flow” and “whatever happens happens”.
Due to this mentality, I wasn’t going anywhere. Countless times I was, in fact, disheartened. There was so much I didn’t understand.
That being said, here are three things you can reflect on about the dating world. Let's keep it simple.
So first things first, be honest with yourself
If you are tired of dating or pretending to be okay with what you are not, then ask yourself — What are you looking for? Was is it that you want? Honestly, what is it? — Why are you even dating?