Key Points
After a difficult breakup, I started prioritizing myself.As I started doing things on my own, I decided that I would stay single and celibate.Two years later, I feel better and happier than ever before...
I could feel that the end was near with my girlfriend, but I did not want to believe it...
I tried not to care, but as she refrained from posting about me during the holiday season, my birthday, and New Year's, I felt that the space I took up in her life was dwindling...
First, the breakup diet expedited getting into the best shape of my life I had an insurmountable amount of adrenaline that had me rollerblading easily over 100 miles a week..
I am whole enough with myself that I do not need anyone, nor do I want or crave to be anything other than overflowing with power, confidence, and pure bliss for being unapologetically myself..
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