9 Ways Being Single Can Improve Your Life

Being single isn’t always a walk in the park—especially when movies and television shows seem to push the concept that you aren’t truly "complete" until you’ve found a significant other.

People’s single lives are often portrayed as a sort of purgatory they are forced to endure until they find their soul mates. So much so that a 2008 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology found that single people are often thought to be unhappy by others.