Noor, it really sounds like you are full of wisdom and self love and doing well. I think you will know when it is time to look around for a new partner. I actually think we meet people when we aren’t necessarily looking. It is when anyone will do, anyone to fill the gap left by the ex who left, then we seem to attack the wrong ones. The gift to yourself of being single, or learning more about yourself and doing what you find fun to do, is priceless. We do give up some autonomy to be in a relationship because a good relationship is two people working together for a future. But that isn’t losing oneself and only meeting the needs of the other person, being so wrapped up in their problems, needs, issues that we “lose ourselves”. That is sometimes the definition of codependency. Some people will want us to be all about them, with no wants or needs of our own. Other people will not like this and will want us to be fully functioning human beings. So when we take the time to become fully functioning human beings, then we attract other humans on our same emotional and maturity levels. It is like the law of attraction, we attract people on our same emotional level. Anita mentions many good things about dating and waiting. Life is like a journey, a winding path. You will figure these things out as time goes by because you already show great inner wisdom and insight.