We were brought up to think that life goes on in this sequence - get an education, find a job, build a house, get married, have kids and grow old. But what happens when one of these step in life is not fulfilled? In this blog, I'm going to talk about the marriage/love sector.
Long ago, it would be very sad and downright depressing if someone was not married by the age of 30 (especially girls) and all you can expect is a lonely life (with some cats of course), or at least that's how it was portrayed. But let me break this stereotype for you and introduce you to the Self-Partnered Concept!
This new movement has been slowly creeping its way into our daily news and has successfully established itself as a movement that breaks the old traditional way of thinking. Many famous people such as Emma Watson are openly talking about the joy of being single and happy.
It was long assumed that the only way to be happy in life is if you were in a relationship or married with kids but this myth has long shifted to a more progressive way of thinking. People are now going on holidays by themselves and taking themselves out on dates!
Self-partnership starts with self-love and self-reliance. You must know that it's okay if you are not in a relationship and that you do not really need someone to be happy. After all, if your happiness depends on someone else, then are you really happy? Learning to spend time with yourself and loving yourself is a beautiful journey that unfortunately not many people talk about.
However, the truth still remains that everyone wants to love and be loved. But how can you expect someone to love you if you don't love yourself? And how can you expect someone to spend their life with you if you can't spend some minutes with yourself? You see, self-partnering is the key to make you realize your own potential and how you are enough and being in a relationship should not be a life goal.
Now don't get me wrong, people who are self-partnered still want to maybe get married someday but the power relies upon the fact that they realize it's still okay if they don't tie the knot and even if they do, that relationship will not define them or be the centre of their life.
The narrative needs to change. Relationship goals need to end. The portrayal of single people in the media and online needs to change. Single life is great as you get to love the only person who truly matters to you - and that's YOU.
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