If your head is full of questions about relationships that went nowhere, it’s time for some (easy) self-examination. Try spending five to ten minutes a day keeping track of your dating habits.
If you want a relationship, you have to put in the time. There’s no time for excuses, and your friends are getting tired of having the same conversations with you. It’s time to write down the basics so that you can see the patterns of your own behavior and how you react to them.
Here’s an easy, basic list that you can keep on the go. You can even blog it, and set the blog to private so that you can write in observations while you still have them fresh in your mind. It’s not about making the time; it’s about taking the time. So what are you waiting for? Start with this list:
Number five is very important. When a man tells you he’s not looking for something serious, and you see stars in your ears because you find him so dreamy and the chemistry feels explosive, you might not remember, but he’s telling you this for a reason. It’s not going to change.
Realize the patterns in your dating and break the mold!
(Can you think of any other categories to add to the list?)
3 thoughts on “Keep a Dating Diary”
Colleen,
Thanks for a great idea and specifics to get started keeping the journal. It’s my opinion that it is very helpful to uncover patterns, if we can, on different areas of our behavior, especially if we want to change the outcomes in those areas.
Career could be another place to keep a journal of job selection and performance.
Sincerely,
Maryanne
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This is a great article,
May I add, it would be very beneficial to add to the list, the same qualities that your ex’s have, this shows perhaps patterns and behaviors that you may be attracting within the same types of relationships.
This may prove to be very enlightening.
Blessings and Big Hugs!
Jacqueline x9472
Hi……
What an excellent idea Colleen had !!!!!!!!
…… people keep dream journals…..so why not dating diaries ?????? Makes sense to me…….it will certainly show any patterns that keep repeating…..
Blessed Be )O(
Gina Rose ext.9500