30-Day Breakup Guide: Day 14

Talk to A Little Girl
If you babysit, or have a niece or a friend who has a daughter—or you have a daughter yourself—this will be easy. Chat with the little lady over the phone or in person. Ask her what she did today or what she learned in school. If you don’t know any rugrats, try waving or saying hi to a little girl on the bus. That will be enough.

Now remember how it felt to be that free? Men weren’t part of the equation then. You ruled at math, practiced your cursive writing, and jumped rope 10 times in a row. You might have thought you could be a race car driver or an Olympic swimmer or a nurse. There were no real life rules—you just had to be in bed by 9 p.m. every night. Now don’t let your inner little girl down. Even if your workplace makes Dunder-Mifflin look sane, go to your job, be productive today, come home proud of yourself, and then go play somewhere other than your living room before dusk. Get your coffee-and-magazine fix at Borders, go jogging, or check out that pizza place you’ve walked by a billion times. The best part: No boys allowed.

Did you just go through a horrible breakup? Is your heart in a million little pieces? Whether you got dumped or did the dumping, splitting up with someone sucks. But have no fear, The Frisky’s 30-Day Breakup Guide is here! Once you’ve a good cry over the loss of your relationship, spend the next month working on yourself. We’ll be posting detailed instructions for the next 30 days to help you get over he-who-shall-not-be-named. There’s even a handy-dandy calendar to help you keep track of your progress. Now get to work!