{"id":258198,"date":"2025-07-05T08:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/?p=258198"},"modified":"2025-07-05T08:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:21:57","slug":"how-to-be-independent-in-life-after-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominiclevent.com\/blog\/how-to-be-independent-in-life-after-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be Independent in Life after Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For many people, one of the scariest things about getting divorced<\/a> is having to be much more independent. For example, I have a friend who moved right from her parent\u2019s house into the home she shared with her husband for 30 years until they got divorced. I remember when she was going through her divorce,<\/a> she had such a hard time with how to be independent in life after. Everything from managing her own finances,<\/a> owning a home by herself,<\/a> living alone (she was an empty nester), and more.<\/p>\n

This is actually a good article for anyone who is wondering how to be independent in life, in general\u2013not just after divorce.<\/h2>\n

Being independent in life is something I know a lot about. How? Because I was single and lived independently from the time I graduated college until the time I got married at 35! I then got divorced at 41, so for me, even though I was heartbroken by my divorce, I knew how to be independent in life.<\/p>\n

Going from a marriage to being independent isn\u2019t an easy transition. It can feel scary and lonely and it can cause anxiety.<\/a> It can feel embarrassing-meaning how many people do you know who can go out to dinner by themselves, or to a movie, or on vacation? I don\u2019t know many, and it\u2019s really a shame because doing those things is wonderful. I have done all of them.<\/p>\n

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Before I get into how to be independent, I want to clarify something pretty big:<\/p>\n

Being independent doesn\u2019t mean being alone. They are completely different things.<\/h2>\n

What I mean by that is, if you are living alone and you are living an authentic, happy, busy but peaceful life, you will never feel alone<\/a>. I know so many people who are in marriages who are unhappy and who feel very alone. I also know many divorced men and women who live alone, who aren\u2019t even dating, who never feel alone.<\/p>\n

What independence means to me is the ability to be truly happy in your life whether you are:<\/p>\n

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