3 Ways to Plan Your Own Party for Valentine’s Day
Does Valentine’s Day strike dread into your heart? If you’re tired of crying into your pillow over a day dedicated to immense and ridiculous expectations about love, try this: Plan your own party, and make yourself happy.
- Ditch Expectations
Whether you have a love interest or not, expecting others to behave in a certain way sets you up for potential disappointment. Stop relying on others to make you happy on Valentine’s Day (this goes for every day, really).
- Plan Your Own Party
Ask yourself: “What would make me happy on Valentine’s Day?” Warning: The answer must be something you can control; don’t base your happiness on requiring someone else to be, do, say, or feel anything in particular. If you want to be with friends, invite them over, but don’t get bent out of shape if some of them decline. If you want romance with your partner, plan it, but let go of expectations for a perfect evening. If you want to be alone, plan something fun or restful or daring or delightful – whatever will give you most pleasure.
- Choose Love, Always
Remember, even the best laid plans can go awry. So no matter what actually happens on the day itself, look for the love. Whether you believe in Valentine’s Day or not, focusing on love is always a good choice if you want to feel good. If your friends end up arguing, or the waiter spills water all over your best outfit, or it snows and you can’t do your favorite hike alone, choose your attitude well. Just as nothing can force you to feel good if you decide to be disappointed, no one can make you miserable if you choose joy. So choose love, always, and make your VDay party as awesome as you can, with or without other people.
So stop the Valentine’s Day angst now, and decide to make it your day, your way.
Are you ready to put these practices into action? If you want support around letting go of expectations and empowering your own self-love to ensure a happy Valentine’s Day (or any other celebration), let’s brainstorm ideas in the Insanely Satisfied Life Facebook group.
