On my final afternoon in Barichara, a tiny, beautiful, impossibly tranquil Colombian mountain town I have now decided is heaven, I dropped in to a sweet bakery and coffee shop for a rainy-day cappuccino. A Colombian woman, around 50, asked…
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Looking for Joy, Finding It in Tango
Tango feels like the passion I have been looking for a long time. It makes me happy. I don’t even need to be dancing. Watching others dance can be equally blissful. It’s the transportingly beautiful music, and most of all,…
Tagged with: cali, colombia, joy, learning tango, tango, tango lessons
Posted in Personal Growth, Travel
Posted in Personal Growth, Travel
Dear Quirkyalone: Send Us Your Questions and Concerns, Compliments and Complaints!
Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving is a weekly guest column by Lisa and Christina at the singles’ advocacy blog Onely. Our column appears here every Monday — but we’re running low on questions! So, dear readers: Do you have dilemmas, conundrums,…
Tagged with: advice about living single, dear quirkyalone, national singles' week, single and happy
Posted in Personal Growth, Quirkytogether, Single Life
Posted in Personal Growth, Quirkytogether, Single Life
Dear Quirkyalone: Why am I less remarkable to sober people?
“Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving” is a weekly guest column by the authors of the brilliant blog Onely. It appears every Monday. When you’re making up your own road map for (quirky)living, you need thoughtful advice. We’re here for you.…
Tagged with: college acquaintenances, drinking, friendships, prefrontal cortex, worm farms
Posted in Dating, Friendship, Personal Growth
Posted in Dating, Friendship, Personal Growth
Multitasking Dementia
I had no memory of where I parked my car. Why? While I was parking the car, a friend called. Against my better judgment I took the call. I wanted to talk to him, and I found myself so engrossed…
Tagged with: addiction, multitasking, quirkyalone
Posted in Personal Growth, Technology + Modern Life
Posted in Personal Growth, Technology + Modern Life
Dear QuirkyAlone: How do I make new friends?
“Dear Quirkyalone: Advice for QuirkyLiving” is a weekly guest column by the authors of the brilliant blog Onely. It appears every Monday. When you’re making up your own road map for (quirky)living, you need thoughtful advice. We’re here for you.…
Find Your Life Purpose in Five Easy Steps
1. Meet a friend at a café. Bring post-it notes. 2. Give your friend and yourself five post-it notes each. Tell your friend to write down the five most important things in his or her life, right now, at this…
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A quirkyalone is a person who prefers being single to dating for the sake of dating.
It’s a mindset. Here's the manifesto
A quirkyalone is a person who prefers being single to dating for the sake of dating.
It’s a mindset. Here's the manifesto