Kiss Me, I'm Single: An Ode to the Solo Life

by Amanda Ford

This is NOT a book for single women on how to find a man/ it is a guide for women who want to find their truest selves and celebrate them. As the author of the daily meditation book for teenage girls, Be True to Yourself, Amanda Ford's message of fierce individuality and even stronger identity has grown up with her audience. In her new book Kiss Me, I'm Single , Ford exhorts single women not to get lost in the pressure to be in a relationship (single women's Any relationship will do ) and not to lose themselves in a relationship. The bottom line is that the most important relationship they can have is with themselves. True love is an inside job and begins with you. It is a basic fact of life that in order to be truly happy and fulfilled with another person, you must be truly happy and fulfilled on your own first. A good relationship can enhance life for sure, but it cannot take what is just "okay" and turn in into perfect. In Kiss Me, I'm Single Amanda Ford urges "Get off your derrieres and get to work on yourself. Go inward and be relentless in your search. Discover what is in you that you must do in order to bring joy into your own life." Refreshingly honest, ruefully witty and wise, Ford has also dug deep down and done the work she recommends. From her soulsearching sojourn, Amanda Ford brings back news that will empower all young "Love has nothing to do with another person/ it is a condition of your own heart."

Genres: Adult, Nonfiction

208 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

Amanda Ford is a young, vibrant writer with a talent for uncovering extraordinary meaning in everyday events. Amanda's work has been featured in publications such as Real Simple, Glamour, The Chicago Tribune, and The Seattle Times, and she is a regular contributor to the popular travel website Girl's Guide to City Life.

Reviews

[Abby Hastings · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick little read. I checked it out from the library mostly because the bright pink pages caught my eye. There was some good advice in it and it was easy to digest.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book makes me smile repeatedly. I think the author understood my journey as a single woman. I like how the author wrote some funny and sarcastic perspectives about being a single woman. After reading the book, I am thankful to be a single woman because I can enjoy my own freedom (deciding my own schedule, having more friends, sleeping diagonally, and spending more time in reading books). The book is highly recommended for single women!

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Favorite quotes:

It is stupid that we are so consumed by the external world that we are completely oblivious to the internal universe.

I am campaigning for quiet...press mute!

Learning to be comfortable with being alone and all the silence associated with it...allows you to be available to those around you.

True romantics would never opt out of feeling the pain of a broken heart,...The lower depths you descend, the higher peaks you climb.

Numb is a deadened way to live.

If we can not relax here where we are, what makes us think we will relax once we reach that elusive "there"?

Let us put our energies into loving the people in our lives instead of trying to fit them into tidy categories.

We must not aim for typical, but aim for exceptional, for miraculous, for divine.

Let us seek inspiration from older generations...

I want to applaud each item that fills the stocking of my life.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amanda Ford did an excellent job in hitting the spots of what a single woman goes through such as fears of the unknown future, pressures from peers/society and more. To me, this book is not just about being single in a big world but also about loving the self and discovering different aspects that may be not be familiar within.

As I am going through the phase of personal growth as a woman and discovering the meaning of being single and what to embrace, I feel this book helped by giving me more to think about to better understand myself. I definitely recommend this book to every single woman. At the end of reading this, you will learn so much more about yourself and be reminded of what to appreciate while being single.

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

yes it was self help fluff, but sometimes...that fluff is exactly what you need.

[Gabyoanh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is cute and hits all the rite spots of a girl's single life. Sometimes just knowing sbd is going thru the same things w us is motivated enuf :-)