For me The best way to act "as if" is to NOT CARE about the final out come of your situation.
The 2 things I keep in my heart and head to be able to do this:
1. If you don't work things out you WILL still have a wonderful and happy life. You WILL find someone else that deserves you and it will be your WAS's Loss.
2. If you do work things out you will have a better, closer, more initmate relationship then the one you started with.
Once you believe this you can be happy, friendly and loving because you will have a GREAT life no matter what happens.