I (37m) got out of a breakup over a year ago that was tough. She was the one that got away, and Im sure it was my fault. I started to do some deep reflection to kind of take stock of who I am as a person, and if who I am, aligned with the life I envisioned for myself.

I'm very successful career wise, but felt like my social life, and relationships were the exact opposite.

During the experiment my phone was silent for days, and sometimes weeks. That was a hard realization, but one of the best things I did. I realized I had few, or very little friends. This experiment exposes that more than anything.

I used this silence to self reflect, and learn about relationships from youtube channels. In that time, I realized that the relationship that was lacking the most was the one I had with myself.

That was over a year ago. Today, I found myself again. My mood and happyness is literally up 100%. Im more healthy, more calm. I am not co-dependent on anyone. I need to get better at relationships, but I think fixing the one I had with myself was a smart move.

The reason I'm posting this is because Im curious if anyone else has either considered this, or done this before. What's stopping you if you've not done it, and if you have done it, what were the results?