Yesterday we looked at the idea of goal setting and marriage. but what about setting goals for your marriage. Some the goals you might want to consider are:
Commit fully to your marriage and make it your goal to have a long, lasting marriage.
Make your goal a loving, nurturing environment for family where they can grow and develop.
Here are some practical ways you can do this.
Make sure you set aside time each day to sit and talk with your spouse, even if it’s only 15 minutes. Make it a goal to never be so involved with work or the children that you don’t make time for each other.
Set aside one night a week where the TV gets turned off and you and your spouse spend the evening together minus kids. Go to a restaurant, pack a picnic dinner, take a long walk, go to a play or an art gallery, sit in the car at a romantic spot and pretend you’re young again. It doesn’t really matter what you do as long as it involves getting out of the house and getting together on your own.
Make one night of the week a family night where you will play a board game. It’s interesting the things that kids will raise when half your attention is taken by something else. That’s just two nights out a week. You’ve still got five more for work, watching TV, spending time with friends or involved in other commitments, and doing all the other things that need to be done to keep a home running smoothly.
Cook a meal together as a family. Even young children can help, so long as you are careful about the jobs they get to do.
Read a book together and discuss it. We have friends who regularly read the same book and then discuss it after they have both finished it.
Long term goals for your marriage might include taking a class of something together, learning a new language, making plans for the years after the children have left home, making retirement plans, or planning ways to fix up the house.
I’d love to hear some of your goals for your marriage. It might help all of us to think outside the square.
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