A woman quit Hinge to start "dating herself" and said it totally changed her life in just three months.<br /><br />Mimi Watt, 29, deleted the dating app in January 2024 when she realised she wanted to focus more on her relationship with herself than with men.<br /><br />She wasn't a "super scroller" but would spent hours a week on Hinge and finding love.<br /><br />Now since deleting she says her business has boomed, she resigned from two jobs and is moving 3,000 miles to Bali.<br /><br />She has also attracted "incredible people" into her life without trying, she says.<br /><br />Mimi said she has no intention to return to the daily scrawl of the dating apps and is committed to helping other women do the same.<br /><br />Mimi, a dating and relationship coach, from Sydney, Australia, said: "At the beginning of the year I decided that I wanted to focus more on my relationship with myself.<br /><br />"I felt like spending time swiping on Hinge and doing all that was dividing my focus in a way that didn't feel good anymore.<br /><br />"I wanted to experiment and completely switch off mentally and physically from Hinge and pour that energy back into myself.<br /><br />"The results have been drastic, I really put that down to taking that initial break from looking outside of myself for pleasure or fulfilment and redirecting that back to myself."<br /><br />After the break down of a relationship in the beginning of 2023, Mimi said she didn't date for the majority of the year.<br /><br />She said she got to the point where she wanted to "experiment" and would be dating a handful of people from time to time.<br /><br />Mimi said: "The apps were great at one point, I was dating a handful of people.<br /><br />"Some lasted a month, some lasted a few months. <br /><br />"That was a great confidence booster and even to speak about myself like I hadn't before.<br /><br />"I do think apps are a great way to meet people, and I think they serve a great purpose.<br /><br />"My whole message is that you don't need to rely on them to meet people and have an exciting experience."<br /><br />Since deleting Hinge in January, Mimi said that her life has gone from strength to strength.<br /><br />Mimi said that switching off dating apps has allowed her to figure out her "self worth" and learn to love herself.<br /><br />She said: "In previous years I didn't have the sense of self worth and the confidence I have now and that impacted my relationships.<br /><br />"In the past year I feel more secure with myself and know my self worth.<br /><br />"The reason my self worth and connection increased was because I knew that I didn't have that romantic interest to meet my needs whether that be affection, company or assurance.<br /><br />"It has forced me to dive deeper into myself and ask how I can make those needs myself.<br /><br />"Through doing that, it has given me the sense of security."<br /><br />Since deleting the apps, Mimi has packed up life in Sydney and in the process of moving to Bali.<br /><br />She said: "I was asked to move out of the apartment as my housemate wanted to live alone.<br /><br />"I was at the point where I needed somewhere else to live, I was talking to a good friend of mine at work.<br /><br />"She said that I should go and live somewhere else for a while as I will never be as free as I am in life right now.<br /><br />"The timing was really spot on, I found that my business was taking off and if I was having to move out I might as well go to Bali."<br /><br />Mimi said that deleting the dating apps has impacted her dating life as she would attract people naturally.<br /><br />She said: "It has impacted it in the sense that I feel like people who are more naturally aligned to me, my values and interests flocked to me.<br /><br />"I started attracting those people, I was in my natural state where I was doing those things that I enjoy."<br /><br />Mimi is sharing her journey and supporting other women take the same steps @mimiwatt
