There's a great difference between being positive and being delusional.

Get support and be surrounded by people who love you. Sit with the discomfort and the emotions instead of distracting yourself and numbing the pain, or it will just haunt you in another form in the future. Don't be afraid of the pain and darkness. There's information there. There's a lesson to be learned. You can use the experience as a catalyst for growth.

Sometimes, things need to come undone for better things to come together.

Spend less time shopping, more time traveling.

Closing the door to toxicity is the most effective way to make space for new opportunity.

You may not be able to change the events of your history, but you can change the story you've attached to those events.

I've learned that each time you go through a breakup, the pain isn't any more or less intense or hard, but the way you process and get back up can be different when you learn the tools to get yourself back to equilibrium. There are so many lessons that can be learned during times of heartbreak, and there's an opportunity to grow and become more emotionally healthy.