Personal relationships are an important part of our personal growth. There is not much point in becoming skilled in dealing with other people if we neglect the most important connections. No matter how low you feel, how challenging life is right now, or how busy you are, you will find meaning in cultivating strong ties with the people who matter, whether these are your “family members” by blood or by love.
You need to purposefully block out time for the most important people in your life: your spouse, children, parents, best friend, or other people who have been there for you. Once a month sit down and schedule a time for your most important people. Depending on the relationship, you may need to pencil in a phone call, a lunch, a date night, a family fun day, etc.
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New Habit:
Let’s break this activity down into steps.
- Choose your monthly, recurring time to sit and calendar your relationship strengthening times. Put this appointment with yourself on your calendar.
- Make a list of all those you consider important enough for this intentional strengthening process. Keep the list to only the most important people or you will get overwhelmed. You could rotate through your list over time.
- Create your first month of blocked out relationship time.
Journal:
Record positive relationship interactions so that you can focus on the good times.