

John Kim is a licensed therapist, speaker, and author of the bestsellers I Used to Be a Miserable F*ck and Single on Purpose. He writes for Psychology Today, among many other publications, and has been featured in the New York Post and on Vice, NPR, and Armchair Expert. He lives in Costa Rica, where he is raising a daughter with his partner. He writes books, sends daily texts, and helps his online community of like-minded singles find themselves first—and, of course, he still rides his motorcycle to coffee shops.
As a entry level worker who hasn't been in many relationships, this book is a pleasing requirement for defining the state of being single. Prior, I haven't put much thought into being "single," I used to believe it didn't mean anything. This book will educate you that there is so much more to it. If y......more
First thoughts are that it took me a really fucking long time to read this book. I think it’s because he put so much information into each chapter. I needed to stop and process it and try to absorb it; before I moving on to the next one. Honestly the first half of the book seemed a bit negative to m......more
I really wanted to like this book. It's a workbook made to be written in so I definitely recommend not getting the ebook. Even getting the paperback, 2 stars is all I could muster. The extra star was the authors heart is in the right place by providing exercises to help those improve their future rom......more
i listened to the audiobook. it has a structure of a workbook but it wasn’t compelling enough or different than other books i’ve read with similar genre and tbh it focuses so much on past relationship and what not to be/ repeat based off past relationships/ experiences that it felt like it ran off i......more