Single But Not Solitary: Living The Dream

Karen Morath — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:00:00 -0500

I launched my first book a week or so ago. I mean it rolled off the presses, invitations were dispatched to family, friends and people I do business with and we gathered, champagne in hands, and the publisher declared a book with my name on the cover "officially launched".

What a hoot! Every moment between me finishing writing the book and the minute it was declared launched, I was a basket case. Seriously nervous. A big chicken, according to some.

I don't know what it was that terrified me so much. I was obviously keen for the book to be circulated in the world, otherwise I wouldn't have written it. But the idea of a launch, ironically enough as I am a public relations consultant, never occurred to me and when the idea of one was first raised I found it to be an egotistical concept.

Once it was over, it became just a party and I loved it.

Everyone was so pleased for me and my kids were just bursting with pride. It was an opportunity for my friends and family to see me in professional mode and the people in my business world to see me gushing. Strangely, walking both roads seemed to fit nicely.

It felt good as a single woman to be doing something like that, as if writing and launching your own book is a post-divorce rite of passage. One of those moments when, like the FWW website says, single doesn't mean solitary.

My book is called "Palm Trees and Margaritas - Finding Your Oasis in a Busy World" and it's about making plans to live your best possible life and consciously seeking pleasure and fulfilment. You can check it out at Palm Trees And Margaritas if you would like to see what all the nervousness was about.

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Single But Not Solitary: Living The Dream