Bank holidays are a nightmare for single people

Part of me is grieving my single life while I’m still in it and how my creative career has been driving me mad

Bank holiday weekends are hard for single and self-employed people. For the self-employed, it’s a day of not earning money and for single people, it’s another weekend day to fill. I struggle with both of these things.

Weekends aren’t what they used to be. Now I’m in my mid-thirties, most friends with children are busy doing things you aren’t invited to, not that you want to be invited to them, either. As time passes, I’ve noticed that the more I want children, the less I want to be around them. I don’t feel resentful for this shift among friends, I just accept that’s how it is and take it upon myself to build a community of like-minded people who can be there for me when I need them and there’s no time that I need them more than on a bank holiday weekend.