How I found this video:
1. It’s late-ish Sunday night.
2. I am working on an interview for The Rumpus.
3. As part of the writing process, I dance to a song by Matchbox Twenty (to the point of being out of breath) and then go on Facebook. I think about drinking alone.
4. I’m in one of those moods, so I look at profiles I shouldn’t view in order to stay emotionally stable.
5. I look at my “first” ex-“love’s” profile.
6. I look because the season finale of 30 Rock had the Beastie Boys on. So, he was in my mind.
7. I want to see his relationship status, just for fun.
8. Oh yeah, that’s right. He has a girlfriend. How could I forget? I didn’t forget.
9. His girlfriend (whom he had all the time I knew him and still has, five years later, mazel tov) posted this incredible video (below) that really rings true, all 64 steps.
How to Break Up with Your Girlfriend by Lev Yilmaz:
Here is Yilmaz’s Web site with more great videos and comics about love/depression: Tales of Mere Existence.
