Note how much emotional energy you are spending looking for love on social media. Channel that energy more often to the people right in front of you. Even (or maybe especially) on your birthday.

For the past couple of years, I have begun the fall season by quitting Facebook - cold turkey – for ten days. This year, I liked the results so much that I haven’t gone back yet, except to check notifications for only a minute or so. I swear. So far, I have hardly clicked “like”, and (gasp!) haven’t even read my birthday messages that came in during the dry spell.