7 New Years Resolutions for Dating

Has your dating life gotten stale over the winter?

Spice things up (and at the very least, meet some interesting people) with some of these New Years resolutions:

1. Get Rid of Mr. Wrong

Let’s start with taking out the garbage. If you’re still in a go-nowhere, unfulfilling relationship, it’s time to say goodbye and start the healing process. You know deep-down if you’re trying hard and getting nowhere. Cut the cord. There is no time like the present to end a relationship with the wrong person.

2. Hit the Eject Button Slower

While I realize that I just said to get rid of Mr. Wrong, it’s important to think about your behavior on dates up to this point.
Have you been really quick to judge the guys you go out with?
Do you go on a first date and decide that the guys isn’t for you right away?
This is the time to start accepting second dates. Make it a priority to just get to know people. Try not to judge them too quickly.
While it should go without saying that you shouldn’t accept a second date from someone who was rude or bizarre, give the slow starters more of a chance. If I hadn’t given my fiancee a second date after feeling strongly like I never wanted to see him again after our first date, I wouldn’t have an amazing relationship now.
Resolve to give the slow starters a chance to get to know you and get a little more comfortable. Often people aren’t their best on a first date.

3. Pledge to Slow Down

If you’ve fallen into the cycle of just “hanging out” with guys or hooking up with them too soon, start making them actually date you. Suggest day time activities to do together. It’s even better when these dovetail with your hobbies and interests.

4. Date Outside Your Normal Type

Step outside your comfort zone with the guys you go out with. If you’ve always gravitated towards a certain type of guy, this is the time to broaden your horizons.
Accept dates with guys who are totally different than the ones you normally go out with. See if different could be better. Even if you don’t make a total love match, it’s always interesting to meet different people than you would normally date.

5. Broaden Your Dating Pool

This year, try widening your pool of potential dates. Is there a Meetup group you’ve wanted to join? Is there a new restaurant or hobby you’ve been wanting to try? Have you been going back and forth on making an online dating profile but never had the guts to actually do it? The time is now.

6. Enlist Help

Has your mom, best friend, etc, been begging to set you up? This is the time to stop rolling your eyes and take them up on it. No harm in giving it a shot, right? At the very least, you’ll have someone who knows both people to talk to about how the date went.
In the same vein if someone who knows you well offers to take a second glance at your dating profile or has a suggestion for you, take them up on it.

7. Put Yourself First

Last, but not least, resolve to start putting your needs on the forefront. Put yourself on your calendar for pampering, spa days and regular trips to the gym. Make regular girls nights. Reignite your interest in your hobbies.
It’s really easy to get caught up in dating and start clearing off your schedule for it. Make sure that you keep doing whatever you’re most interested in. Guys report finding women who have passions outside the relationship very attractive.
While it may seem on the surface like drawing inward doesn’t really increase your pool of potential mates, how you treat yourself is a mirror of how other people will treat you.
Tell me what you think in the comments!