^{So after 2 months of NC and lots of contemplation about how things ended with my ex, I decided I was only hurting myself keeping thoughts of her alive in my mind with some far-off hope she would come back. I also realized I was probably not being fair to the people that were right in front of me that were expressing interest. So, in a moment of clarity (after a bottle of wine}, I decided that I needed to regularly practice forgetting what is in the past and actively invest in my current relationship with the same intensity I had for the ex. While I may have some sad thoughts from time-to-time about the ex, my mind is already starting to shift a day at a time towards the future. In a bold move this week, I even asked the new person to go out of town with me for Thanksgiving week to my place of solitude. I'm hoping that a week out of town in a mountainous bliss will add to the fresh start I need, and the consummation of me finally moving on. Here's to wine, snow, and solitude.)