How to Rid Your Life of an Ex

How to Rid Your Life of an EX

General Purpose: To inform

Specific Purpose: To teach the audience steps to ridding their lives of an Ex.

Central Idea: There are effective ways to ridding your life of an ex, allowing you a quicker breakup recovery.

INTRODUCTION

How many of you can turn on the radio, and find a slow song that reminds you of an ex? Do you ever feel that no matter how much time goes by you can never seem to leave them in the past?

II. Well today, I am going to show you ways to rid your life of an ex, so then you never have to look back again.

III. There are three basic steps to ridding your life of an ex. First I will show you how to write a closure letter, second how to clean your home free of memories, and third how to take the leap of acceptance.

IV. In the past five years I have experienced two very bad breakup with ex's of mine, since then i have learned everything there is to know about ridding them from my life.

V. Though letting a loved one go, may never be easy, these three steps are simple and very effective ways of helping you get a start on a new life.

(Transition: Now let me show you how easy it is to rid your life of an ex, by first writing a closure letter

BODY

I. The first step to ridding your life of an ex, is to write a closure letter.

A. Transfer destructive and depressing thoughts to paper.

1. Tell them how much they hurt you

2. Point out all of their faults

B. Never once let them know they got the best of you

1. tell them that you are over the breakup

2. tell them they were not as hard as you thought to get over

3. let them know something good that’s going on in your life.

C. Seal it, Stamp it, and Burn it (Do Not Mail)

1. Its always good to get these thoughts and feelings out of your system. a. There is no need to reopen wounds you are trying to heal. 2. Mailing this letter could cause more tension in the breakup, and

take you back to the starting point.

(Transition: Now that we have the closure letter written, lets move along to cleaning your home free of memories.)

II. Cleaning your home free of memories is the easiest step to ridding your life of an ex.

A. Get rid of the reminders

1. Don't just take down pictures, trash them

2. Throw away all of the cutesy stuffed animals you received as

tokens of love for special occasions.

3. Burn the love letters

a. invite friends over to help

4. Buy new bed linens, so you are not reminded of intimate nights