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8 Things you, A Single College Woman, should embrace about Your Very single life

What's so bad about being single?

Allyson Stewart

Jun 20, 2018

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8 Things you, A Single College Woman, should embrace about Your Very single life

Every movie, song and TV show seem to focus on love.

Relatives continuously ask when you're going to get a boyfriend, your Friday nights consist of third wheeling and you get on Bumble exclusively to reaffirm that someone out there still thinks you're attractive. Whereas these are all somewhat miserable interactions, being single can be fun and you should embrace it while you can.

Here are 8 things you should do while you are still single.

1. Do what is best for you

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Relationships involve a lot of compromise, but if you're single you can do whatever you want. Want to quit your job? Do it! Travel with your friends? Bon voyage! You are single. Whatever you do only affects YOU. Do what your little heart desires because the second you're in a relationship the likelihood of you being able to do that is slim to none.

2. Treat yo self

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Just because you're single doesn't mean you can't treat yourself. Have a date night just for you. Go to your favorite restaurant, go see that movie you've been wanting to watch, get a massage! There isn't a requirement to have a boyfriend to do those things.

3. Focus on work/school

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A relationship takes a lot of energy. When you're single you can channel that extra energy into school or work. Making an A in a class that is mega hard or excelling in your workplace is much more rewarding than you might think. Plus, it makes you kind of bad ass.

4. Get a puppy

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Puppies are cute. Puppies are entertaining. Puppies make you smile. If you need a hiking buddy, a cuddle buddy or just a buddy in general then get a puppy. I got one last summer and he is my best friend. We do everything together. Who needs a boyfriend when you have a dog?

5. Get in shape

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Revenge bawd where you at? I recently started eating healthy and working out consecutively (who am I?) and it makes me so proud of myself. It is important to take care of your body, and extra endorphins never hurt anybody.

6. Travel with your friends

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There's nothing more fun than traveling cool places with your best friends. Go to Greece or Australia, you don't even have to leave the country, go to Vegas! The memories you make you will hold onto forever.

7. Buy yourself flowers

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Send yourself flowers at work, pick up flowers for yourself while grocery shopping, buy a new plant. Flowers don't have to come from only boyfriends. Having a fresh bouquet changes the mood of an entire room.

8. Fall in love with yourself

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This is the most important one of all. Fall in love with your strengths and weaknesses. Fall in love with the quirks that make you who you are. Love yourself enough to know what you deserve and don't settle for less. Embrace being single while you can and LOVE it.

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8 Things you, A Single College Woman, should embrace about Your Very single life

What's so bad about being single?

1. Do what is best for you

2. Treat yo self

3. Focus on work/school

4. Get a puppy

5. Get in shape

6. Travel with your friends

7. Buy yourself flowers

8. Fall in love with yourself

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Gag Gifts

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Slippers

Funko Pops

Phone Cases and Pop-sockets

Precious Moments

Subscription Boxes

Alcohol

Scrapbooks

Concert/Show Tickets

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Nail/Hair Certificates

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Anything from Hallmark

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You know you're a true Kent Stater when...

1. You’ve slipped and fallen on the ice at least once.

2. You get a smoothie every time you go to the rec center

3. You're still not not sure what a Golden Flash is.

4. You’ve witnessed or participated in some form of protest

5. You’ve skipped class because it was too cold to go outside

6. Your meal plan is a joke

7. You avoid the library at all costs

8. You've gone sledding on a dining hall tray

9. You've spent too much time waiting on your food at Rosie's

10. You absolutely love your school

Christmas is on the brain during the month of December, not finals! How do you expect me to study?

Are you really a college student if you don't stay up all night studying in your pajamas?

1. You get there and immediately look for a place to sit and all the tables are full.

2. You finally find a place to sit, and you look at your assignment.

3. Are you really a college student if you don't stay up all night studying in your pajamas?

4. When someone walks in wearing normal clothes and you're in your pajamas.

5. When random people come up to you and ask you to take their surveys.

6. There's always this really loud group of people in the corner who are clearly not studying.

7. I think I need a study break!

8. When your friend isn't done studying, but you want to leave.

9. When you send in your assignment one minute before it's due.

10. Then you realize you forgot an assignment that's due tomorrow.

11. When you finally leave!

12. When you find out that the friend you studied with all night passed and you failed.

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