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3 Simple Ways to Make Time For Your Relationship or Marriage

Tip #1 for making time for your relationship or marriage by “Being Intentional.”

It’s too easy these days to just assume everything is going fine in your relationship. Don’t wait to be surprised that your relationship is not doing as well as you though it was. Rather, make a willful choice to be the surprise in the relationship that is leading the path to making time for your relationship which will help build trust and intimacy. Being intentional will encourage you to not only ensure you are spending quality time with your loved one, it will also challenge you to be intentional on dealing with the harder challenges of areas as a couple your struggling to talk about.

Tip #2 for making time for your relationship or marriage by “Scheduling Your Time.”

If you’re not already using a personal calendar or computer scheduling device, it might be time to consider getting one or starting to use it. Life gets so busy and before you know it another week can go by and you’ve allowed life to lead you and your partner down the road of “maybe next time we’ll talk or go out dear.” If life is that busy, then schedule your date nights and times to talk about important issues. Now if you struggle with time management, that’s okay. You just need to make sure you keep your schedule super simple. Find out those times or nights where you both have nothing to do and set time to make time for each other. One example is simply knowing that every 2^nd Friday is date night and then make this a non-negotiable.

Tip #3 for making time for your relationship or marriage by “Setting Goals.”

Your workplace does it. Your teachers made you do it. If your athletic, your coach does it. You might even be responsible at work, or part of a team that comes up with yearly or quarterly goals. So, why not consider having a quarterly or yearly date night and set some relational or family goals you would both like to see accomplished. Setting goals together can become a unique way to look at getting on the same page in areas of your relationship that can help ensure you are working together to build trust with each other and develop one vision with each other. It’s interesting when we look at the word “division.” The word division is a shorter way of saying “2 visons.”     

There is always hope for a NEW LIFE.