Taking Yourself On a Date / Solo Dates

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shout out to you guys. Thank you all for tuning in. Thank everyone for tuning in. You guys are appreciated. I'd like to thank you, thank you, thank you any who. Today we're gonna talk about. This episode is about solo dates. When's the last time you wined and dined yourself this summer, I think it's time to bring back solo dates. Okay, even if you're married, have your better half, other half? What have this half complicated situation? What do you call

them situations? And what have you? Solo dates are extremely important time to spend time along with yourself and join your own company. Always took herself out to do things concerts, dinner, lunch, breakfast, what have you? You know, not all of your time needs to be spent with someone else. It's extremely important that we spend time alone, getting to know ourselves, love ourselves, like, what do you like? What do you want? You know? What are you looking for? What makes you happy? What

do you find entertaining? So let's just start off this summer with planning some solo dates. Okay, and this goes for the females and the males. If you're a teenager or in your young twenties, it's time that you get started. Don't always wait for someone to go and do some things with. Enjoy doing things alone. Right, Like I said, even if you're married, leave the spouse at home, just take some time for yourself. All right, So here we are.

Taking yourself on a date is a powerful act of self care, confidence building, and self discovery that involves intentionally plant enjoyable solo activities like dining out, visiting museums, or spa days to enjoy your own company. It boosts self worth and reduces dependency on others for happiness, essentially wooing yourself. Doesn't that sound really nice? Have you ever done this before? Have you ever gone out on a solo date? Okay?

If not, this episode is for you. If you know someone who needs to hear this, make sure you pass it along. Okay. Here's some key tips for a successful solo date. Plan it. Put it on your calendar to ensure you show up for yourself. Dress up, get ready and put on perfume cologne, and make it feel special. Set intentions. Decide if it's for relaxation, adventure, or personal growth. No distractions, avoid mindless scrolling on your phone to be

fully present. Start small if nervous, Start with a coffee shop, visit or movie, then move to dinner or trip. Solo date ideas culture or a leisure go to a movie, watch a play, concert, visit a museum or go thrift shopping, drinking food, take yourself to a cafe, go to a nice restaurant, sit at the bar for comfort, or have a picnic relaxation, have a DIY spy night, book a massage, and take a walk in nature. Walks are always included with everything because it clears your mind, you know, clearse

your head. And of course, active and creativity. Oh I'm sorry, active and creative. Taking a cooking class, go hiking, or buy supplies to paint at home. See these are some of the things that you can do to just get into your own groove, get into your own self. We're gonna do solo dates that you know everyone should try. I have like five other things listed. I did see this here online that I want to share with you all, And this was already mentioned earlier. So I may go

over a few things. So just bear with me, all right, but don't forget complete this episode. Listen to the entire thing, all right. Number one, take yourself to a cinema alone by popcorn. Pick the seat you actually want that you know you're going to say, hey, I want to sit right here. Take your time, look, make the right choice. Okay, you can laugh, cry if you need to. No one's talking to you, okay, so you can do whatever you choose to. Because you're by yourself, you're gonna be able

to cry, to laugh. Just sit and enjoy the good movie. And just sit and just enjoy the movie. Number two, Go to a cafe on a weekday. Order a drink or one small pastry. Order a drink in one small pastry, Sit by the window and keep your phone face down for a bit. Watch people going to work, students rushing, and cars passing by. I love to just people watch.

Do you all find that really? Really just so relaxing, Just to whether you're in a mall, whether you're in a restaurant, whether you at a cafe, a rest I said restaurant, or if you had a concert, if you're having dinner, if you had a movie, just a people watch. I love to people watch and I'll have a whole I'll have a whole scenario of what their life is and what type of person they are. Oh yeah, I'm like that. I'll look at the Yeah, she's the type

that's really ballsy. Oh look at him, he's in a rush. I just make up scenarios I mean, it's really it's really therapeutic. Let me know if you all have ever just people watch. I don't know if I'll put that in a poll, but you never know anyway, or just leave me a comment and let me know if you've ever people watched okay, or do you enjoy it? Okay? So we had number two, let's go to a cafe and number three book a nice but affordable hotel in

your city. Pick a pack a small overnight bag like you're traveling, okay, or the room service or buy food on the way, take a long shower, wear the robe, lie on the bed and do nothing. If you want, journal, if you want, watch a movie and just relax and sleep in and just have a slow night and slow morning. Have you ever done that? I've done that where I booked the room local. I know the last time a friend and I my friend and I Trina, and we had gotten a room out Marino Valley. But the room

was horrible. I was just like, oh God, the bed was messed up, to TV. It was just everything about that room was. It was horrible. But that was the last time that I did that. I need to do that this summer for sure, because I'm here in Vegas. You know you can get all these good deals and just go and get a room, to get out of my house and act like you know, I've gone on a little mini overnight vacation. That's always a good time. And number four is take yourself on a Saturday breakfast,

wake up early. I've done this plenty of times. This is really good, and during the weekday as well. I've done this on a Saturday, and I've done it on a weekday as well. On a Monday is always really good too. Anyway, take yourself on a Saturday breakfast, wake up early, shower where something really cute, or if you're a guy, you know, get all dressed, look really handsome. As long as you're feeling good. When you look in the mirror and you turn and spray on your little

perfume a cologne, you're just like, yeah, you know. And then you go somewhere that serves breakfast, sit there and order something nice, enjoy your meal, take some selfies, videotape your surroundings if you choose to. You don't have to put it on social media. You could just have it for your own for your own records. You know what, I mean, just for your own little keepsakes. That's always a good time. A nice breakfast really sets the tone

for a day. You get up, you get going. And you can also do a nice lunch somewhere if you're not an early morning person, because not everybody's a breakfast person. I get that, but do this for lunch, go somewhere really nice, and always say go to a new restaurant, something that you've always wanted to try. Don't just go to the same thing, like if you want a baked chicken or you know, barbecue and shit like that. Just go to something. Expose yourself to something new. If you've

never tried sushi, go try sushi. If you've never gone to, maybe a Japanese restaurant, but do something different. Don't patronize the same restaurants you would normally patronize. Don't do that. Make it a new restaurant somewhere that you've always wanted to go, like they have here in Vegas. They have a Bojangles. Now I can't wait to go. And I know that's not fancy, but that will be something that I'll do, whether it be for breakfast or for lunch.

You know, I'll just go to Bojangles and just sit there because I've heard they have really good biscuits. And I know I just said, don't get the things that you have, but that's one of those things that like I have to try, you know, just like when canes is popping up or in and out in your areas. Like I've had a burger, but I just have to try this place. Like I said, try something that you haven't had prior. Okay, that's always a good thing. And

you're another thing that's really really good. Take yourself out to a nice dinner if you have to make reservations again. You get all dressed up, put on something sexy, something that makes you feel really good about yourself. Go go get a new outfit just for your date night, you know, pick up some flowers along the way, or have some flowers delivered. Yes, have you some flowers delivered? And you go, oh gosh, you get your shower. Have on excuse me,

I got the hiccups. Well I have the hiccups right now. Isn't that crazy? Anyway, you go and you get all fancied up, you play some nice jazz or whatever type of music soothes you, and you know you can sip on something a juice, wine, champagne, you know, make a nice little stiff drink, a little whiskey whatever, or it doesn't have to be. You can have a non alcoholic beverage for those of you who don't drink. You know, I'm not promoting alcohol on here. That's just me. But anyway, Yeah,

and then you make a reservations. You show up, you have your your flowers that you left at home. You smell those on the way out the door, and you get in your car, you call your uber, your lift, and you go to the restaurant and you've already made reservations. And if you haven't made reservation, if there's a wait, no worries, folks, always go. It's a thirty minute wait, an hour wait, that's okay. Go sit at the bar.

Look around again, people watch. If you're in the drink and drink, get you a Shirley temple no alcohols in that. If you want to get you a nice little drink, sit there and wait. It's part of the enjoyment of being out on solo dates. Okay, make those dinner reservations. Okay. And you can also number five, book a beauty appointment alone. Get your nails done, get your brows done, a watched out, and get your haircut. This is for the ladies and

the men. Man go somewhere. If you're into dreads, get your dreads retwisted, get a haircut, go to the barbershop. For the women, go to the beauty shop and just don't rush home after you've pampered yourself and you've gotten And men, I know a lot of men now are into manicures and pedicures. You know, they going to the nail shop, they're getting their feet done. There was a time when I thought, I've said this probably on the show, I would never go with the man too, and that

now I would love that. When I see couples, I'm like, yeah, I want a guy to sit there. Get your feet done too, baby. I may want to suck your toes, who knows, Yeah, never know. Ooh if you gotta suck toes before anyway, that's a whole different show. But never know, okay anyway, So yeah, and then what you do is after you, you know, look at yourself looking all good, you may go somewhere and have ice cream or just go sit in the park, drive around listening to music.

I know gas is high right now, it's like growing. Nobody's driving around. Just wast Go sit in the park, though, you know what I mean, to just sit there, enjoy some music. Go sit out at the beach, you know, or just the lake somewhere you don't have to rush home. You looking good, you feeling good, so you want to be out and about. You know, those are some ideas for some solo dates. So let's get that in this summer. Let's plan and do a lot of a lot of

solo dates this summer. Okay, let's just put it in. Get the calendar out. Today's April fifteenth. So plan something. Let's just give yourself a week or two. Plan something. Think about what it is you want to do. Do you want to do a movie? Do you want to do breakfast? Do you want to go to a museum? You want to go get pampered? You can do. Oh and also we mentioned early briefly a spot day. A spot day is always a good massage. I can't wait to be able to get my finances together to go

and get a forty five minute massage. Oh baby, when I tell you, I am going to enjoy every second of that massage. I've been saying that, like, you're definitely going, and you know, I was going to also tell you all, I've said this over and over again, groupon is your friend.

Look around on groupon. You will be surprised of the deals they have for places that you know, sometimes they may not be doing really good with their business, so they put on groupon so that they could attract more folks in the hope that you'll be a returning customer. So go there, whatever it is you're looking for. And a cooking class that's definitely on my list this year. I wanted to do a cooking class. I want to take a I think I want to learn to do my own pasta. And also I know for a fact

I'm going to make my own sushi. So I've already and again I found those coupons on groupon just haven't purchased them yet. Finances, you know what I'm saying. I'm trying to get it together, y'all. But anyway, yeah, I'm going to go and I'm going to take a because I didn't do anything for my SIXTI if I just you know, I wasn't in the mood. I didn't I didn't want to be around a lot of people. I'm not adventures. I didn't go anywhere. My finances weren't at

all good, you know what I'm saying, broke broke. But anyway, I'm gonna still do things throughout the year because I'm gonna celebrate turning sexy the entire year and making attending a sushi classes definitely on my list, and also attending a cooking class where I'd either do French, you know food or Italian, but definitely doing those things this summer because my finances are turning around. Baby, I'm speaking into

an existence, you know what I'm saying. Things are looking up. Yeah, so I'm ready to start spending a little something on myself and you all should too. Okay, go to groupon, look around, see what kind of deals are online or wherever you go to, you know, save a buck and just book the spot. Go to a hotel or motel overnight, go to the next city. Book a trip alone. But you know, when you get there, don't tell folks you're alone. Don't ever tell anybody. Don't know I'm here by myself.

You always gon know I'm here with family members. They're just doing their thing and I'm doing mine. But you can always just have an amazing time. Do a day trip where you can go up and do a turnaround where you go up that day and you come back home that night. But let's do more solo dates in twenty twenty six. The summer of twenty twenty six is made for solo dates. Okay, don't take the girlfriends, don't take the homies, don't take your husband, your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend.

Yeah yeah, just the children, the grands. You know, you're your best friend. Like no, solo trips is where it's at. It's for your sanity. It's for you to enjoy your own company. If you can't leave the house and go out and have an amazing time and return home. Like all that was so beautiful because, like I've said before, the best part of doing solo things, I was talking to my neighbor that lives hearing the complex. Her and

I were hanging out in the community center yesterday. The best part about solo dates is you don't have to worry about anyone who's ready to go or the people who are wanting to stay longer. It's like, Okay, I'm done with this, I'm out of here, and that's that, you know, or somebody going hey, I'm a little short. You got this? Or can you cover this? And splitting bills and I didn't order this? And who ordered? No, that's just for the birds. Man, Get out there and

do so. Low dates. Let me know what you're planning, or if you're already in the habit of having solo dates, let me know that as well. Please please leave me comments. Okay, I love you guys, more importantly, love your damn self. And as always with the closing words, with love Tasha Podcasts isn't just a show, it's a movement. It's a reminder. It's a mirror. Thank you for every download, for every share, for every message that this episode helped me. I love

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