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10 Steps I Will Take To Ensure That This Time I Finally Get Over You

Alexandria Brown
4 min readOct 23, 2018
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I’m going to get over you. I know I am. It’s going to take steps and tons of willpower (that I have little of). It’s going to take tears, time and frozen yogurt but I’m going to get there. So this is how I’m going to get over you.

Step 1: I’m going to cry.

This is not something I do often. But I am going to let myself cry over you. Cry over the fact that what we could of have versus what actually happened. It’s going to be the worst because I’ve been holding back tears for a long time but I need to let it out and let you go.

Step 2: I’m going to talk about you a lot.

Like too much. So much so that my friends are going to look at me with their unimpressed faces as I bring our last interaction up for the billionth time and overanalyze every single thing you said and my reaction to it. I’m going to talk about the last text you ever sent me and ask them what they think you mean. I’m going to say to them I don’t understand why you haven’t texted me since but I know why. We all know why.

Step 3: I’m going to delete your phone number.

I have too. I can’t read over the beautiful words you sent me early on and not think about how you…

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Alexandria Brown
Alexandria Brown

Written by Alexandria Brown

You can find Alex writing about heartbreak, depression or love. Work with me www.alexandriabrown.ca.

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