Next, practice talking to strangers. Make it your mission to make eye contact, smile, and strike up a conversation with at least one cute stranger you encounter each day. Whether you pass a cutie on the street, share an elevator ride in your office building, are next to one another on the treadmills at the gym, and/or bump into one another in the produce department, your new mission is to make a connection. It doesn’t have to lead anywhere. It just has to get you in the practice of taking those blinders off and seeing that there are potential dates — everywhere!