Table for One: Why I Stopped Waiting on Other People to Live My Life

Chile, I almost didn't go to dinner because the group chat couldn't decide. 'Maybe.' 'Let me check.' 'Next month?' So I put on my lipstick, drove over there, sat at the bar by myself, and had one of the best meals of my year. That dinner started a whole new rule in my life: if I want to go, I'm going. Solo. Here's how I stopped letting my life sit in somebody else's inbox.