I don't think there are so many good women to marry out there as a lot of the posts claim. I spent almost 8 years single before I got married. Perhaps I was picky, but I had a list of things that I wouldn't compromise on. This list is not necessarily in order of importance but any of them would be non-starters for me.

1. I had to be attracted to them.
2. They had to be self supporting (or working to get there).
3. They had to have a testimony.
4. They had to have a temple recommend.
5. Mentally/emotionally stable.

That list knocks out a lot of women. Once you get past those things and start dating, then you have to be compatible in all the other ways and things have to be good with all the children too. I dated several woman that were great but for other reasons outside of the list, it did not work. Sometimes that was personalities not working out, one time it was issues with her and my children, one time it was an issue with me and her child. Dating at this age is not for the faint of heart that is for sure. It was hard to let some of these great woman go knowing we just weren't going to be good together.

I ended up dating women from being set up by friends and through apps. Although I went to single adult activities I never met one person at those activities that I went on a date with. I felt like those activities were more like the island of misfit toys than anything else. I found a lot of the more desirable women were too busy because of family, work and callings to have time for single adult activities. Ultimately, I connected to my wife via an app. I am still surprised we found each other. I thought that I would be single until my youngest graduated high school and then I would move to Utah or Idaho to have a better selection.

Just have patience and don't be in a rush to force anything. It will happen when it happens. Most importantly learn to be happy in your current situation. Being single has a lot of great benefits.