Emma Chamberlain

Next thing I know, they're inviting me to go bowling.

And then the next day we went bowling and it was a really amazing time.

And now these are new friends that I have.

Like that would not have happened if I had not gone out alone.

That's the kind of magical, kindred, weird shit that happens when you go out alone and you're vulnerable in that way.

That type of stuff doesn't happen when you're hanging out with your best friend and you're at a coffee shop and you guys are so sucked into each other and the gossip that you're talking about that you don't even notice the world around you.

That doesn't happen then.

If you go out alone, you'll interact with people differently.

You'll see things differently.

You can spend your time differently.

If you want to spend two hours in a store, no one's going to say, wait, but I'm hungry.

Let's go get lunch or I'm bored.

I don't want to be in here anymore.

There's a lot of

magical things about going out and doing stuff alone.

So if you're struggling to motivate, let that motivate you as well.

Okay, next, somebody said, I love the guy I'm dating, but I've noticed that my mood is so dependent on him.

I don't like that.

How do I be less reliant on him for my mood?

Okay, in my experience, because I've experienced this before, this is usually a sign that your relationship is the center of your universe.