Dear lonely,

There comes a time in college when you're over the binge drinking and waking up alone- or in someone's bed, you don't really know. The loneliness that hits you Monday through Thursday when all you do is go to class, come home and spend time by yourself can eat at you and make you start to go a little crazy. It's tough to be alone, especially when so many people are starting to get serious. Everyone is figuring out what they're doing with the rest of their lives, planning futures, finding people to be with.

Here's the thing, being alone is a beautiful thing. You have the rest of your life to spend it with someone, enjoy the little things about not having found your soul mate just yet. You are at such an important time of your life where you are growing and changing into the person you're supposed to be and you're finally learning to let go of all the bullshit and things that seemed to be so crucial to your life, but really never mattered. Someone once said that you can't learn to love someone else until you learn how to love yourself. So, let this time in your life teach you how to do that. Enjoy waking up in a bed, sprawled out, with endless space. Enjoy the liberty to do what you want, when you want, without hurting other people's feelings. Enjoy not settling. Enjoy the anticipation of meeting new guys. Enjoy looking nice to impress yourself and no one else.

What's wrong with this generation, is that nobody knows how to be alone. They're always doing things, finding people to hook up with, date, mess around with, talk to. Everyone is always filling an emptiness with things that just make them feel more empty.

Let yourself be alone. Let yourself be happy on your own. Nobody wants to marry a girl who can't be alone. Nobody wants to marry the girl who has consecutive boyfriends because she doesn't know how to be secure by herself. There are so many amazing things to life to see, and it's okay if you don't have someone holding your hand when you see them.

You have the rest of your life to share a bed, do Valentine's Day, count on someone, share food, laughs, making sure you're doing everything to make them and yourself happy, but now, in the most crucial time of your life, focus on yourself. Love yourself. Be happy by yourself. Be in a relationship with yourself. Do things for you that you would want someone else to do. Take care of yourself. And when you wake up alone, don't feel empty. Feel content with your own presence.