A lot of single women volunteer also for these causes.

This is a perfect opportunity for you to meet and mingle with your fellow volunteer honies.

Sometimes being single feels like a blessing because getting into a relationship is the last thing you want or need.

But other times, you're exhausted by the dating game and feeling very much like Charlotte in when she shrieks, "I've been dating since I was 15. " In those moments, you might realize you need to change up your usual routine, and that's where the following 11 challenges come in.

Can the books you read improve your chances in love? In fact, our survey found that 85% of singles believe that being well read makes a prospective partner more appealing.

Then—and here comes the terrifying but probably totally worthwhile part—give that friend permission to send messages, respond to any incoming notes from promising people, and set up dates for you.

So while some of these challenges are explicitly about dating, others are about doing things that broaden your horizons in amazing ways, whether you meet someone new or not.

Because really, a big part of feeling better about being single comes in realizing how much possibility there is in the world. Maybe don't allow them to rewrite your entire online dating profile, because your masterfully witty lines are probably great.

What we need to see is that doing this will leave us chronically frustrated.

While it's true that every relationship requires a certain amount of compromise, going without the things that we really need just doesn't work.