Buying a gift for someone on a day where it's culturally expected of you,

that's not romantic. That's fulfilling an obligation.

But showing you understand your partner uniquely, that's romantic. Hey everyone. This episode is a rewind episode, one from the archives. I think you're going to enjoy it. Let me know

what you think. Send me an email afterwards podcast at Matthewhussy.com and now onto the episode.

Okay, so what are the five mistakes that people make around Valentine's Day? The first one is, this is for single people,

comparison. Comparing yourself with someone you know who's already in a relationship. Let's do a

little reality check on this before we go any further. Firstly, half the people you know in relationships

aren't nearly as happy in those relationships as they portray on the outside.

You wouldn't trade for them if you really knew what it was like. A lot of them aren't going to be

in those relationships by this time next year. So in a way, if you're out there and open to meeting

the right person right now and they're stuck with the wrong person so they

can't you're actually further ahead than those people second mistake for singles thinking you can't do

something romantic because you don't have anyone right now i put a post on instagram recently that

really resonated with people it said the most loving thing you can do for your future partner is to work on

yourself until you meet them. I believe that the things we do right now to work on ourselves,

to grow ourselves, build our skillsets, to become more confident are an act of romance

for our future relationship. And so when we look at Valentine's this year,

this may sound a little strange, but what if you said, I can do something romantic for the love of my

life, this Valentine's, even if I haven't met them yet? And that romantic thing is gonna be what I do for myself.

So that when that relationship comes,

I feel stronger, I feel more passionate,

I feel more fulfilled, I feel like I have a bigger,

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