1. Focus on your career. Break ups often encourage us to spend too much time thinking about what could have been, focus that energy on something positive. I'm sure your boss would appreciate the extra time and effort, and you would find your mind spending less time on the negative.

2. Kick the Ex Habit. It's easy to start reminiscing on all the good times that you had and really start to feel bad. Think about all the things that were bad about your relationship, this will help you feel better about the break up. You will start to feel like it just might not be meant to be.

3.Confide in Your Friends, then Cut Yourself Off. It's easy with your friends to feel like they will understand how perfect you were together and then the more you talk, the worse you feel. So, yes, talk to your friends about your break up, but then start focusing on something else. If you continue to talk about it to then, it's all you will think about! If you are still looking to vent try writing in a journal.

4. Make a Clean Break. It is very difficult to be friends with an ex, even if you really like then and were friends before. It can be really painful and the easiest way is to make a clean break, don't try to be friends. I have become friends with my exs later in life, but never right away.

5. Put Away the Memories. Even if you have only been together for a short time I'm sure you have something that reminds you of your ex. Put it away. My last break up I left all of my old pictures out, I guess in hopes that we would get back together. It was SO painful to see his face every time I was in my room, my safe space. Just put all the reminders of your ex away. I put mine in a box that I taped up, later I was able to open the box and throw a bunch of the stuff away.

6. Change Your Surroundings. Rearrange your room, get new bed sheets, put up a new painting or poster. This will help you feel like you are moving forward and moving on.

7. Delete Their Number Out of Your Phone. Keeping their number will only tempt you to call them, and you don't need to do that. Delete them out, make a clean break, start over.