Too Busy to Look for Love? 5 Ways to Start

For some people, looking for love is exciting and for others it's more of a chore. If your tight schedule keeps you too busy to look for love, here are some ways to squeeze some romance back in your life.

52 Weeks, 30+ Dates, 1 Blog, 0 Husbands

Neenah Pickett chronicles her year-long search for The One on her blog.

The New Year is off to a bittersweet start for Neenah Pickett. The New Jersey media consultant, 43, spent all of 2009 searching for love and not finding it. Still, Pickett emerged with hope and pride intact. At her Web site 52 Weeks 2 Find Him, she chronicled her dozens of dates and introduction to online dating and social networking sites—her message being that finding the love of your life should take work. "I did not put any effort into dating and went on two first dates in 14 years," she said of her past approach. "I thought, 'If I give all my effort like I do in my career and other areas of my life, will that make a difference?'"

Look Him Up or Leave it Alone?

Is finding your long-lost ex via the Internet a recipe for disaster?

You're not alone if you find yourself "googling" a former flame. Young romantic love, and particularly first love, is unique and powerful, with the ability to fill deep psychological needs. Experiencing that love for the first time can create a true, tremendous bond. Call it curiosity—whether you're looking for closure or you find yourself making an effort to "rekindle" or reignite a past relationship—when you find an old boyfriend on Myspace or Facebook, or better yet, his blog, (jackpot!) where the juicy details are laid bare. But once you've found out if he did indeed become a journalist, fulfill his dream to climb Mt. Everest, and whether he's still cute (thank God for photos), you can admit what you really want to know: whether he's still single. If you are in a committed relationship and you think you are just curious, beware.

Playgrounds Are the New Bars

Moms go searching for "day mates"