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Category: The Single Diaries

  • Mondays Don’t Have to Suck | A Guide to Weekday Activities

    Catherine’s guide to weekdays activities and a more socially rewarding work week

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    A couple months ago I shared my suggestions on how to craft the perfect weekend, but I am not one to live for the weekends. A couple years into joining the workforce, I came to terms with the fact that living for two days a week was a waste of 5/7 of my 20s (and 30s and 40s). Plus in a car-culture commuter city like L.A., you can go an entire day, week, month without encountering anyone you don’t work with. To compensate for the fact that I have to work for a living (that’s how I buy things…), I make a point of incorporating something to look forward to every day of the week. There are the obvious happy hour and dinner dates or the daily work-out sessions, but there are other ways to have fun without messing with your routine productivity. Here are five of my favorite not-so-obvious choices of weekday activities to break up your work week.

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  • A Love Affair with Fashion | Single Girl Obsessions

    A Love Affair with Fashion | Single Girl Obsessions

    The Tale of One Superbly Single Girl’s Lifelong Relationship with Fashion

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    When I first stumbled across Helena Levin’s Facebook profile page shock and awe were my immediate reactions. For good reason too. This vivacious blonde’s social media profile encapsulates a storybook of superbly styled selfies that you simply can’t walk away from. From the a-line dresses to the perfectly coifed bouffants, each picture illustrates a chapter in the life of a fashion fanatic. I could tell from her shots that she must be notoriously known for chubby bunny bows and expertly assembled outfits. What I couldn’t tell was why? To find out what was driving this queen of all things coordinated I asked Helena herself to share her story with The Single Diaries. Read on for the delicious details behind her affair with fashion.

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  • Checklist for Buying Your First House

    Checklist for Buying Your First House

    Tips from a Realtor: 9 Questions to Ask Before Buying Your First House

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    A few weeks ago we shared one reader’s journey of becoming a first time homeowner. One of her tips? Get help from a realtor! Gaining the advice of an expert can ease the process and make it feel much less overwhelming. We decided to follow her advice and weigh in with Superbly Single Girl Maggie Kennedy, a realtor with Partners Trust in Los Angeles. She shared a checklist of the 9 questions any Single Girl who wants to buy her first house should ask herself. Consider this your personal cheat sheet to one day having a place to call your own!

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  • Zola Acai Morning Smoothie Recipe

    Zola Acai Morning Smoothie Recipe

    Avant-Barre offers Zola chia pudding and smoothie recipes to kick-off spring

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    In honor of National Nutrition Month, Avant-Barre founder Char “Nini” Gueco created two easy delicious recipes using Zola Açaí. Whether you’re trying to eat healthier for Lent, in anticipation of summer, or to keep going with your New Year’s resolutions, this is a way to ensure that your conscious choices aren’t boring your taste buds.

    Speaking of New Year’s resolutions, if one of yours is to travel more Zola wants to help… by sending you on a trip to Brazil! Find more details on Facebook and enter by April 9th for your chance to win.

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  • 10 Ways To Get Over Heartbreak in 1 Day

    10 Ways To Get Over Heartbreak in 1 Day

    Superbly Single Girl Monique Shares Her Advice for Healing a Heartbreak

    I thought the weeks after we broke up would be terrible, lonely, and sad. Instead, I created an experiment to test how quickly I could get over him.   

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    I once had a friend tell me, “I like getting dumped. At least it means I tried.”

    I met a guy, I tried, and I got dumped. I really liked this guy. I never once thought he wouldn’t want to make things work with me. I was crying. I had to get on a flight home. I sat there in the airport terminal dreading the emotions I was going to have to suffer through until I got over him. Disappointment. Loneliness. Confusion. Sadness. More crying.  Then I thought “STOP.” I don’t want to suffer through that. I want my life to be happy. And I created a plan. I called it “How I’m Going To Get Over Heartbreak In 1 Day.”

    I chose “1 Day” because I didn’t think he deserved to take any more than 1 day of happiness out of my life. Life is short. I don’t want to waste it being unhappy. I have to protect my happiness. If I lose it, I have to get it back as quickly as possible.

    So these are the 10 things I did to “Get Over Heartbreak in 1 Day”…

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