How to Restart After a Break-Up

A year ago I had no clue where I was headed.

Photo by Denys Nevozhai on Unsplash

I’d just moved back to my childhood home after a prolonged, agonizing break-up with my boyfriend of eight years. To say I was lost would be an understatement. I felt like I had just lost my best and only friend in the world. He had become a stranger and now the only person I had to rely on was myself.