The proposition that the One Year Monk has set before himself is this: The One Year Monk will find that he has done more fulfilling work and had more fun at the end of a year in which he has not devoted his best energy to pursuing women. In other words, no dating. No sex. No Hollywood love.
Just because that sounds crazy, though, does not mean you aren't One Year Monk material.
This blog is for you, if...
-If you just can't buy the notion that there is someone out there for everyone.
-If you suspect you might have bigger things to do with your life than find a roommate to make babies with.
-If you've never, ever had a Valentine's Day.
-If you are beginning to suspect that the costs of Love outweigh the benefits.
-If you have ever wondered whether companionship might be less a need and more an addiction.
-If you feel like you are missing a sense, an ability, a power that enables you to find love and you don't want to spend any more time trying to "fix" it.
-If being okay with being alone doesn't mean being okay until you find someone, but finding a way to just be okay with being alone.
If you can identify with any of those statements, then maybe coming on this journey with me will be of some benefit to you. I'd like to think it could be.
There's one other sort of person who might be a good candidate for following this blog: if you think I sound like a dangerous ass who needs to be shutdown, then, please -- stick around. Call me out. Tell me I'm a fool.
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