Party of One: Truth, Longing, and the Subtle Art of Singleness

by Joy Beth Smith

Practice love now. We should be telling people, ‘Use this time while you’re single to become a better person. Get to know yourself—that way if you do get married, you don’t have to spend years in your marriage trying to figure out who you are. That’s one of the benefits of being older, with our eggs drying up as we speak. If we do get married in our thirties and forties, we’re more confident. We’ve already resolved issues within ourselves.