Sometimes, things need to come undone for better things to come together.
Spend less time shopping, more time traveling.
There's a great difference between being positive and being delusional.
Hold yourself on your own. A man's job in a romantic dynamic is not to be your butler, bank account or your father.
Strive to be authentic, not perfect.
You may not be able to change the events of your history, but you can change the story you've attached to those events.