buy the damn flowers

A brilliant and beautiful friend of mine told me that they’re dating themself right now. While this phrasing has been tossed around in cheesy ways, I do think the heart of it is important so I’m intentionally starting the practice for myself, today, on a day typically reserved for romantic love.

So far it feels entirely unnatural and honestly quite strange, but I’m hopeful. Hopeful that the practice will start to feel more familiar, hopeful that it strengthens the confidence and kindness I hold for myself, and hopeful that it helps me to extend the love I give to others back to myself, too.

Feel free to ask me how it’s going a few weeks or months down the road. But for now, buy yourself the damn flowers. You deserve it.