{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66ed4a97c63b952f9ac375ff/6a61405044c9eabf3c597812?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why I Left Mr. 8 out of 10","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66ed4a97c63b952f9ac375ff/1784754127439-1434d938-18e9-4626-b31d-63adeb0318a0.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h1>At 28 I had two businesses, an engagement ring, and a box of save the dates I could not bring myself to send.</h1><p><br></p><p>My fiancé was a genuinely nice guy. We had a solid 8/10 life: there was no, drama, no red flags, and we were comfortable... which I guess is what made it so hard to explain why I was leaving.</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome to #2 number in our series on the Top 10 joy first decisions I've made. It's the story of why I called-off an engagement, packed-up and moved from Seattle to a L.A. and wrote a very important list of 200 things. It's also the story of what happened five months later at a wedding in a Bavarian-themed town... where a handsome guy handed me his business card.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>- The question I kept asking myself (and why the answer sits inside the question)</p><p>- What I discovered about my relationship that made me end it</p><p>- The list of 200, and the worthiness work that it kicked-off</p><p>- The hives, the joint pain, and the parts of this decision that were truly brutal</p><p>- What made me deciding I was willing to be alone forever</p><p>- How I met the man of my dreams (complete with sexy British accent)</p><p><br></p><p>Go deeper on Substack: joyfirstworld.substack.com</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>xx -Nic</p>","author_name":"J.Nichole Smith"}