I know I’m late to the party, but I wanted to add to this for you! It’s not just value and love that comes from within, but happiness as well! I became a much happier person when I took a step outside of myself and realized that I needed to start sorta “dating myself” to even understand what I want in life. I highly recommend that everybody take time once in a while to do something alone without a screen involved and just focus on enjoying yourself. Read, write, play music, paint, hike, knit, woodwork, something that makes you feel productive and alive.

That and correcting what was apparently a pretty substantial vitamin D deficiency by taking a shitload of vitamin D supplements, anyway. Have a doctor check your blood. If it’s too expensive, hello fellow American, you’re almost certainly living at a latitude high enough that you should be taking vitamin D supplements lol.