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The Singles Scene Column
FOUR MONTHS TO
2020~~Time to Change Your
Status!
By Kelly Leary, M.S.,
Founder of Revolution
Dating
In four months, we will
all experience a once in
a lifetime evening and I
am glad we will enjoy it
together. The world has
been getting increasingly
disconnected for many
people (especially single
people stuck in a rut) while
hope and love are long
overdue. The signs have been everywhere--nationally and
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internationally. Even on a local level, I was noticing how People hiding behind social media and dating apps
caught up and confused people have been behaving and it “think” they have very little risk of getting hurt and more
options, but over the course of time they are actually hurting
really bothered me. Many have been literally trapped in their
own world, often behind screens, isolated, and it has been their self-worth. This is convoluted logic. Single people
sad to observe as a woman, mother, and matchmaker who (half of the adult population) are afraid to risk rejection and
is connected to love and positivity. How could a New Year ask someone out in person. What they don’t realize is that
marked 2020 not bring glorious energy and excitement to they are actually destroying their self-esteem by comparing
all of us? Let’s think about this now--in advance. You have themselves to ostensibly “perfect” people online. The
time now. A lot can happen in FOUR months. focus is on looks, selfies, and swiping left. There is intense
There are multiple reasons for this disconnection within competition to be intimate too soon (for women) and there
ourselves and as a group in general. I believe, along with are too many options (for men) which trigger short term
many Evolutionary Psychologists, that too much time on commitment and even divorce. It’s like the online wild
screens is leading to an increased feeling of desperation and west--total chaos and VERY dangerous emotionally and
often hopelessness. People are hiding behind their computers physically. Ask anyone recently divorced at any age--I
and smartphones. Look around you. This phenomenon is bet there was an extra-marital online affair involved. The
everywhere from the ball field to a popular restaurant. Do odds reveal the phone was involved too. It may have been
people know how to communicate in person anymore? These a full-blown affair in-person or it may have been a micro-
days, if you make a phone call, instead of texting, you may affair (not in-person via video or texting). All signs scream:
be deemed a nuisance or worse--strange! counterproductive!
Statistic: 40 million Americans have tried online
dating and the majority report negative experiences
ESPECIALLY in Florida.
My team and I are wired to help but we can’t do it alone.
You need to join us and live a real-life off-line as well. Data
BOCA RATON shows that the positive effects of the “next chance” in 2020
will be felt most strongly in the next four months; however
it will continue to work its magic into our future if we cut
back on our “social” screen life now. Why wait?
Empowers Strike while the iron is hot. Our phones have been ringing
This all points back to the saying “timing is everything!”
off the hook this year and your connection awaits. Don’t be
the last in line to make a positive change. Connecting with
others spiritually, emotionally, and in-person is, in fact, the
beauty of life at any age. I’m happy to be in the center of so
much love. This is what the world needs--more love--true
love--authentic love.
If you are on the fence about making a change, and I think
you are, then isn’t the last quarter of 2019 a perfect time to
start? How do you want to spend the holidays? Who do you
want by your side? If you have been unsuccessful online
dating and spending more than 10 hours per week online
dating meeting flat tires (which is the national average), then
take a step away and ask yourself: “How’s it working?”
Our parents and their parents did NOT have this many
options. This is why people stayed together longer. They
endured. They tried. They found the best in their partner
and did not disengage just because someone “better”
was messaging them or because their mate checklist
wasn’t complete. This wasn’t possible back in their day.
Sociologists claim that in the past, people encountered only
two to three potential mates in a lifetime. Can you imagine
how the thousands of options at once is eroding the very
foundation of love and connection? Too much. Too soon.
Too easy. Too fast. Too sad. Realize it once and for all and
know there is a way to fix this dilemma.
Shut down your screen after work hours and return to
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