Tip two: Function properly. You can't let yourself lie in bed, avoid food, and be non-functional. If you do this then adjusting to life without your significant other will be impossible. So, force yourself to get up, take a shower and act like a normal human being.

Tip three: Do not stop your life. If you stop working, stop socializing, stop being the person you want to be, then you will never be able to get back into life after a breakup, so do not stop your life. Instead step it up a notch if you can. Go out more often, make more friends, look for opportunities to serve others and to be a blessing to other people's lives. Often times if you can forget about your life and your sorrow or fissure, and focus on helping others to be happy and what not then you will be far more productive and find it far easier to get back into life, find your own friends, find things you can love doing yourself and not need someone else the whole time.

Keep socializing: One of the problems with break ups is the redefining of your friends and who you spend your time with. A lot of the time you end up wrapping your life up in their life and you find that after a break up you have no one to hang out with. So, instead of staying in, go crawling back to your past friends. They will be more than willing to forgive your absence as all of us do that when we get in a relationship. They will likely welcome you back. If you do not have friends in the area, get to work on making some new friends. Go to clubs, join a league, go to church, or find some other way to socialize. It is one of the best ways to get back into life and be healthy about it.

Clear your environment of ex for a time: A lot of times it is hard to get back into life after a bad break up, especially if you are wishing you could still be with your ex. So, until you can dull the pain, and until you have had some time to move forward it would be wise to remove reminders of your ex from your life. Take down pictures, do not burn them, but put them away. Make an ex box if you need to and take gifts, photos, cds, etc. that remind you of them and put them away until you can enjoy these things without the painful memories.

Ease back into normal life: One great way to get back into life after a bad break up is to ease back in. A lot of people feel like they need to immediately get back on the dating wagon, or start forming relationship bonds, etc. this is unhealthy. Your heart needs time to heal so you can have a good relationship later, so ease in, don't jump in or dive in.

If you can do these things it does not mean it will be easy to get past a bad break up or over your ex, or even have a great life right away, but it does mean that you will not allow yourself to get stuck in the past, or stuck on someone who you are no longer with. It means being able to at least start to enjoy life again and not be tied down by your past.