Dee Salmin

And he's like, what are you reading?

Like, take note, take note.

You're like, it's a privilege to be here.

Can you talk about that?

Yeah.

So I had, like you, pretty much been single my whole, like, teens, 20s.

I had a relationship for a couple, seven months.

Yeah.

that I spoke about in the book and then a quick boyfriend after that.

But then I spent all my twenties being single.

And then I went into lockdown in Melbourne when I first got the job at Triple J. So I'd like moved my whole entire life over, drove across the Nullarbor and yeah, was isolating in an apartment by myself.

And it was the first time, like I had been single, right?

But it was the first time that I had actually been single.

And I, and I had this like

incredible opportunity which at the time I was like you know it was forced obviously yeah didn't couldn't meet anyone couldn't see anyone couldn't talk to anyone but I had this incredible opportunity to actually sit with my thoughts and sit with myself that I hadn't had previously to actually work on

My patterns in dating and work on myself and I went to therapy and I read so much and I journaled and I really unpacked and realized that so much of my time being single, I had still spent chasing men, right?

And I was still, it was either like on the apps or

I was always messaging someone or always on a date with someone or hooking up with someone.

And I had never actually truly been single.

And once I had sat with that and spent months in lockdown being by myself, I really learnt to cherish it and I really learnt to love it.