There is no map, no secret recipe or well-thumbed instruction manual to cure a broken heart.
But if I was to ever try and draw you one, I’d tea stain it a little for authenticity and burn it at the edges… I would be sure to include for you a list of things that you love doing, don’t do enough of or did not do enough of in your last relationship. This phase is all about you - and your journey of self-rediscovery.
Ultimately, by being vulnerable and opening up about my breakup, I was thrown a lifeline: an opportunity to experience solo travel in a way I’d never done before.
Stockholm or Sri Lanka? Anita asked. Giving me the option to crash at her place in Stockholm for a few weeks, whilst she was away surfing in Weligama, Sri Lanka… or… to buy myself return flights to Colombo and find accommodation in Weligama and join her in surfing paradise.
I know which one most people would choose when trying to run away from their troubles, and I was no different.