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Couples Thrive With Shared Goals — Here’s a Simple Process to Show You How
Do you and your partner set goals together?
Do you sit down at the beginning of a new year — or any time really — and ask where and how you need to improve, how you could do things better?
To be fair, couples who do this are in Category Rare. Those who are happy don’t tend to bother. And those who are not prefer to avoid anything that might cause yet another fight.
Most couples invested in staying together tend to have joint plans for the “big stuff”. They can talk through their goals around travel and finances — savings or retirement plans. They’ll be able to tell you where they plan to holiday this year.
But when it comes to the ordinary, fun stuff for the health of their relationships? Nope. When pressed, they mutter they might try to resurrect date night. Or they might try to get a weekend away together during the year.
But there’s nothing locked in.
Why Should We?
Many people butt heads with the concept of goal setting and I get it: the longer you live the more you realise that life has a funny (and often shocking) way of derailing the best laid plans.
