For me it was more of a soul searching journey I've been on that sorta spurred this on...
Backing up a little, I've always been those kind of people who just flat out don't like to do things by myself... I'd rather just buy stuff and go home at eat it than just sit in the restaurant or the foodcourt and eat it by myself. I would NEVER go watch a movie by myself for example.. totally out of the question.. LOL.. Hence all my life I've always been searching for love.
So after the bad experience I had a couple of months ago on my trip to Bangkok with unreliable girls, materialistic girls..etc.. I've decided within myself, enough is enough, why not try to be by myself - is it really that hard? Then I realized something - unless somebody else is there pointing out that you're 'alone' - you won't feel 'lonely'. Once I've realized this, I felt really liberated and I was on the path to actually enjoying being by myself, doing stuff by myself, doing things I enjoy without having to worry about what other people think, etc.
I am happy to say that I now feel a lot more 'freedom' within myself, not having to rely on someone else to make me feel content or happy. I choose to have inner peace rather than relying on someone else.