The Bumble Diaries: How To Make Online Dating Fun Again. Life is a Story - story.one

You know how the cycle with dating apps goes.Hopeful and filled with excitement, you sign up. You upload your most flattering and seductive photos, add quirky comments to portray your excellent sense of humor, and start the swipe.The apps'll give you fun, that's for sure. And so, so much more you never signed up for.Hours go by as you mass-swipe through entire populations, hoping to find that one needle in the haystack. Conversations with strangers fizzle out within minutes. Your carefully constructed profile has enough inspiration to draw from to craft the perfect opener. Yet some folks still resort to a low-effort one-liner. Or a GIF. Your hope turns into disappointment. You get annoyed or bored, rage-quit, and swear to never go near the apps again. Until the intrinsic human need for connection draws you back in. What if, this time, it'll be different? What if, this time, yoú approach it differently?Gracia reinstalls the app to give online dating one final try.

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Gracia Kleijnen, author of "The Bumble Diaries: How To Make Online Dating Fun Again," was named a Young Storyteller Award 2023 Top 100 Finalist. On Medium, she shares insights on productivity, self-improvement, relationships, and mental health. Her work and ideas are featured in prominent publications such as The Startup, Truitys Blog, and many more. To date, her writing gathered over 1.2 million views and 400K reads. Beyond writing, Gracia illustrates relatable comics on dating and mental health. She also creates free Google Sheets templates in her popular publication "Google Sheets Geeks" which thousands of people use, and find helpful. She pens violent rants with actionable tips, like the ones in this book, from her humble studio apartment in Berlin, Germany. Follow her work on graciakleijnen.medium.com.

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You know how the cycle with dating apps goes. Hopeful and filled with excitement, you sign up. You upload your most flattering and seductive photos, add quirky comments to portray your excellent sense of humor, and start the swipe. The apps'll give you fun, that's for sure. And so, so much more you never signed up for. Hours go by as you mass-swipe through entire populations, hoping to find that one needle in the haystack. Conversations with strangers fizzle out within minutes. Your carefully constructed profile has enough inspiration to draw from to craft the perfect opener. Yet some folks still resort to a low-effort one-liner. Or a GIF. Your hope turns into disappointment. You get annoyed or bored, rage-quit, and swear to never go near the apps again. Until the intrinsic human need for connection draws you back in. What if, this time, it'll be different? What if, this time, yoú approach it differently? Gracia reinstalls the app to give online dating one final try.