Creating a Shared Vision for Your Future: How to Align Your Goals as a Couple
As a couple, it is important to have a shared vision for your future. A shared vision is a collaborative effort that helps you identify and achieve common goals, and it is a powerful way to build a strong and fulfilling relationship.
In this blog post, we’ll explore the benefits of creating a shared vision and how it can impact your relationship. We’ll also provide tips on how to identify individual goals, find common ground, create a shared vision statement, set short-term and long-term goals, break down goals into actionable steps, make a plan for achieving your goals, revisit your shared vision statement, celebrate your accomplishments, deal with setbacks, adjust your shared vision as needed, and keep the conversation going about your shared vision and goals.
Why a Shared Vision is Important
A shared vision is important for several reasons. First, it helps you align your goals as a couple. When you have a shared vision, you are working together toward common goals, which can help you avoid conflicts and misunderstandings.
Second, a shared vision can help you stay motivated. When you have a clear idea of what you want to achieve together, you are more likely to stay focused and committed to your goals.
Third, a shared vision can help you build a stronger and more fulfilling relationship. When you are working together toward common goals, you are more likely to feel connected and supported as a couple.
Identifying Your Individual Goals
To create a shared vision, it is important to first identify your individual goals. Take some time to reflect on your personal goals and dreams, and share them with your partner. This will help you understand each other’s priorities and aspirations.
We use a shared Notion Journal to align on our goals for the year every year. A digital version of the journal allows us to keep track of it on the go and even broadcast it to our TV when we need to look at it on a bigger screen and brainstorm together.
Once you have identified your individual goals, it’s time to find common ground. Look for areas where your goals overlap and try to identify shared priorities. This will help you create a shared vision that reflects both of your goals and aspirations.
Creating a Shared Vision Statement
To create a shared vision, it can be helpful to write a shared vision statement. This statement should reflect your shared goals and aspirations and should serve as a guide for your relationship.
Breaking Down Goals into Atomic Habits
Breaking down your goals into actionable steps is important because it helps you stay focused and motivated. Make sure to hold each other accountable for completing these steps.
For breaking down our goal into actionable steps we prefer to use the method of setting atomic habits — a concept popularized by the book of the same name. Notion again lends us the flexibility of defining these atomic habits in a easy, tabular format and with Notion AI, given a goal it generates the atomic habits for you in a tabular format.
If you do follow the approach of setting atomic habits, ensure that that these habits align with the shared vision statement you’ve defined above. You can’t have the vision of “getting fit together” and add in an atomic habit of “try 4 new restaurants in the city every week”. It’s all a balance!
Revisiting Your Shared Vision Statement
It’s important to revisit your shared vision statement regularly and make adjustments as needed. As your goals and priorities evolve, your shared vision may need to change as well.
Keeping the Conversation Going
To maintain a shared vision, it’s important to keep the conversation going about your goals and aspirations. Make sure to communicate regularly and stay connected as a couple. When you achieve your goals, it’s important to celebrate your accomplishments as a couple. This will help reinforce your shared vision and keep you motivated to continue working toward your goals. It’s okay to adjust your shared vision as your goals and priorities evolve. Stay flexible and open to new possibilities.
Our Final Thoughts
We believe that creating a shared vision for our future as a couple is crucial for our relationship. Through identifying our individual goals, finding common ground, and setting short-term and long-term goals, we have been able to establish a shared vision that reflects both of our aspirations. By breaking down our goals into actionable steps, creating a plan, and revisiting our shared vision regularly, we stay focused and motivated to achieve our goals together.
While setbacks are inevitable, we understand the importance of staying resilient and moving forward together as a couple. We remain flexible and open to adjusting our shared vision as our goals and priorities evolve. By keeping the conversation going and communicating regularly, we are able to maintain a strong and fulfilling relationship as we work together toward our shared vision for the future.
If you loved the idea of keeping a Notion Journal with your partner, you can check out our template here!
