Are You Accidentally Living Your Relationship or Intentionally Driving It?

You meet, you flirt, you date, you learn more about that person, you have fun, you fall hard, you both commit to each other and then a few years pass and most everything that we just wrote fades away as the demands of the world knock on your door day after day.

Some days it’s challenging to stop and take a mindful rest for yourself let alone some quality time with your partner!

Sound like something you’ve experienced?
Sound like something you want to change?

You can! You can drive intentional time with your partner in a variety of ways. Such as the way you:

• view and spend time

• discuss and pursue goals

• shake up your routine

• share who takes the lead

• connect each day, week, and month

If you’re wondering if you’ve accidentally let life’s day-to-day take the wheel of your relationship, then check out our comparison chart.

If you’ve found yourself thinking your relationship is lining up in the left column more often than not, then don’t worry! Today is a great day to recognize where you are in your relationship.

Ask yourself this question:

Do I want to keep letting everyday life drive my relationship?
OR
Do I want to take the wheel and make a change?

What’s your answer? Is an intentional relationship calling your name?

We bet it is.

Change usually sticks if you start with small steps. Pick one area above and instead of getting sucked into that daily grind, choose the intentional flip side and start implementing intentional acts in your relationship today. You got this!

Want to dig a little deeper into this idea? Great! Let’s do some math.

Re-read the comparison chart. This time, give yourself a point next to any action in each column that you are currently doing in your relationship. Tally up each column.

• How many points do you have in the “Accidental” column vs. the “Intentional” column?

  • Were there any actions you checked that surprised you?

• What is an area you’re doing well? Take a moment and think about why you and your partner have success there.

• What area would you like to improve or make more time for? How can you flip this area into intentional time?