After She's gone

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After She’s Gone When a long term relationship ends you need to refresh some of your life skills. Peter Mulraney

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After She’s Gone

When a long term relationship ends you need to refresh some of your life skills.

Peter Mulraney

Doing those things she used to do for you

When a long term relationship ends, a man often finds himself lost in the kitchen, mystified in the laundry and having to manage everything on his own for the first time in his life.

This presentation provides an overview of After She’s Gone, a survival guide for men who find themselves living alone.

Staying aliveIf you can’t feed yourself you’ll either starve or spend a lot of money on takeaways, or even more on eating out.

• Master food shopping and storage

• Learn how to prepare basic meals

• Take charge of your diet.

Keeping the place clean

• Take a crash course in cleaning up after yourself.

The mysteries of the laundry

• Sort out washing and drying your clothes, and

• Ironing - if you must!

Outsourcing• Consider options for spending

money to get others to do things for you.

Stay in touch

People still want to see you after your relationship ends.

• Family

• Relatives

• Friends

Look after the inner man• Grieving

• it’s a process - give it time

• Quiet time

• reconnecting with silence

• Hobbies

• doing things you enjoy

• Alone not lonely

• being your own best friend.

Keep the body working• Your body may not be a

machine but it benefits from regular maintenance

• Exercise is one aspect of maintenance

• Sleep is even more important - if you don’t want to turn into a grumpy old man!

Money management

• Take charge of your cash-flow

• You might know where it comes from - but do you know where it goes?