Last week, I admitted that I hadn’t been the best wife recently. This week, I want to dive into finding the balance in your life so that you don’t travel the same road as me.
Life is hard enough without forgetting to appreciate your spouse. When you forget to appreciate and spend time with your spouse, it can turn your whole life upside down.
After a long overdue date night of playing UNO and Battleship last week, I decided that I had to find my balance so that my dear husband would feel loved and appreciated.
This week, I’ve been intentional about putting my phone and laptop away daily to spend a few minutes with Jesse. Even when we went on a trip to market to shop for the boutique, I made sure to give my full attention to my husband for a few minutes each day. It sounds so simple, but with the hectic lives we all live now, it can be difficult.
For finding my balance this week, I vowed to put my phone and laptop away for at least 15 min a day and focus on Jesse. One day, we just chatted about everyday stuff. Another day, we snuggled up and just held each other.... one day that time was spent in the car but traffic wasn’t bad so I was able to hold a good conversation with him. One day, we spent 15 min together straightening the house up. And then, on Saturday night, I suggested we go to dinner together. We each put our phones away for dinner and focused on each other.
So, after a week of doing this- what happened? We are both more relaxed and happier. My husband has been pitching in more around the house. We’ve been sitting down to dinner together. And besides my literal meltdown over coffee the other day (I desperately needed some and apparently there’s a huge stretch of interstate with NO coffee shops between Atlanta and Chattanooga), neither of us have been grumpy this week.
This week I challenge you to find 15 minutes each day to spend with your spouse. Even if you have kids, you can make this work for you. It doesn’t have to be 15 minutes of talking... literally, after the kids go to bed- just hold hands for 15 minutes if your too tired to hold a conversation. Making time for your spouse is one of the most important things you can do to find the balance in your life.
Check in next week for a list of date night ideas!
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Really hard to spend any time with my husband, he’s gone 2-3 weeks at a time. And yes u think I’d be used to it by now, still bothers me alot. He so busy he forgets to call, so we play phone tag for several times a day just to be able to get ahold of each other cpl days later, and then it’s like all about how bad he got screwed over by his broker. Omg, so I just let him vent. And get it out!!!! All about 10 minutes, until the following week maybe he’ll be in a better mood??!! Lol