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  • Over the past 12 years I have always been a partner since my first boyfriend at 15

  • I haven't even had three consecutive months being single between relationships like holy fuck and two and a half years ago

  • I made the mistake of publicly saying I'm going to be single for a year and then of course immediately meeting a great guy

  • So I learned my lamingtons lesson, and I'm not going to say that now

  • But I do want to really take this time and focus on myself

  • You know I don't know what it's like when I'm not one half of a unit, how do I act?

  • How do I choose to spend my time and with who, like these are the things that I'm really

  • curious about. How do I define myself when I'm not factoring someone else's wishes into my life. What is it like when I super saiyan?

  • Oh my god, I look really

  • good as a blonde

  • Oh, I should have gone Sailor Moon

  • I've been feeling weird for a little bit like I didn't realize how much extra time

  • I'd have on my hands to just wonder if I'm going to die alone and be eaten by my six cats for their survival until

  • Someone eventually discovers my body and it's an honorable death don't get me wrong

  • I'm stoked about that kind of death, but it is a possibility that I have to consider

  • But on the other hand like now

  • I have all this extra time to rediscover my

  • Creativity and and study new skills and buy a death machine that I was never allowed to get in relationships

  • And bonds with my girlfriends and workout and take new classes and watch whatever I want on TV

  • while I eat whatever I want to eat that night! It's nice

  • Though sometimes I do forget that I'm alone and I'll say things like 'Hey, what's that word for?'

  • Oh my god I live alone, who the hell am I talking to?

  • I guess I'm talking to you, aren't I? Yes, we're the only ones here

  • But you don't know what I'm talking about, you don't understand words!

  • You don't know any of that, noooo, no you don't!

  • and we're not going to find you a father for a long time

  • for a long... long... time

  • Single life so far is weird because I'm in that in-between phase where I'm not like heartbroken anymore

  • But I'm not exactly like *weird noise* I'm single, independence! So can I be happy being single? Well

  • I sure fucking hope so. I know that the first thing

  • I need to do is stay single and ignore all the desperate voices in my head

  • Urging me to jump into a relationship with anybody because it's comfortable and familiar. And two become the most badass

  • Leveled up Super Saiyan version of myself so I can practice self-love and be really happy and three, finally chill

  • This is the hardest one for me because I'm such a like gotta

  • Do everything now! kind of person that if I'm not pursuing something or someone I feel like I'm not actually living

  • So I know that the lesson I need to learn to be happy as a single independent woman

  • Is to just be okay with being alone

  • Wish me luck. I'm Anna Akana, stay awesome gotham

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Over the past 12 years I have always been a partner since my first boyfriend at 15

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