7 things you should do today to ensure you age together and happy!

When you got married, you probably thought about what it would be like to grow old together.

What would be your dream for the future of your relationship with your love?

Maybe you plan to enjoy the sunset together. Or maybe you glimpse an active life sharing new adventures, traveling together, etc.

Sometimes your dreams and expectations about the future are well defined. But for many, this is not fully aware of what they expected the future to be, until they feel unhappiness and disappointment when it doesn’t match their dreams.

It’s at this point that you realize that life didn’t turn out the way you expected.

In most relationships, the couple connects at first with the expectation that the two will always be together.

There are often thoughts of growing old together and always being close, loving and romantic and caring for each other until the end.

But in order to achieve this and reach your happy ending, it takes a lot of effort throughout the life of your relationship.

Here are the 7 things you should do today to ensure you age together and happy!

1. Do things that keep you close to each other as a couple.

Day-to-day responsibilities can quickly fill up your time and alienate you from each other. Work, career growth, having and raising children, activities for children as they grow and develop, volunteer activities… all these things take time.

Often the early stages of a relationship are not so full of life and when life starts happening you have even less time to enjoy together.

If life’s activities have put you off a bit, sit down and talk about how to get back to enjoying your time together. Think about the time when you felt closest to your love.

What do you need to change today to bring some of that back into your relationship? Make it a priority, before you forget or run out of time. If you put it off, another year could go by.

2. Be intentional and methodical about scheduling time together.

To enjoy time together as a couple, be intentional and methodical about it. If you don’t plan ahead and define the time you will enjoy, it is likely that something else takes priority and you end up forgetting.

Be intentional about spending time together. Be regular in doing this and set a pattern that doesn’t fall by the wayside.

But simply scheduling time together is not enough. You must be methodical with the time you have scheduled to spend together and give it priority. This will help keep you close to each other and build a foundation for eternity.

3. Be proactive in taking care of your health.

Their bodies wear out over time. You lose muscle mass, it becomes easier to gain weight, and without proper attention, your muscles and joints deteriorate.

Often, this process can be slowed down if there is frequent physical activity designed to keep your body in shape.

As your body changes, it can have an impact on the way your partner sees you (even if you believe it shouldn’t), and this can interfere with your activity level together as well. as in your sex life.

Some things cannot be avoided with age. However, with proper care and nutrition, it is possible to delay the direct negative impact of aging and maintain healthy loving health.

4. Be financially responsible.

Do everything you need to do now to be financially secure for years to come. Most couples we meet approach family finances with different philosophies.

One may be a saver and the other a spender. Sometimes there is no coherent plan to cover current financial needs and budget for the future.

Look: The 20 Minute Financial Conversation That Saved My Relationship

If you need help dealing with family finances, consider seeking help from a professional.

5. Protect your relationship from possible betrayal.

Stay close to each other throughout your relationship. Do your best to take care of your partner’s needs, whatever they may be.

We have worked with many couples who have had to deal with betrayal in their relationship. Most are able to recover, but recovery can be very painful at times. Some things may never be the same after a betrayal.

So, do your best to prove your love by staying close to your partner. Build a system of communicating your needs in a way that your partner clearly hears and understands how to care for you.

6. Read a good wedding book every year.

Many excellent books on marriage are produced each year. There are some great wedding books such as Armored Marriage, The Five Love Languages, The Dare to Love, The Meaning of Marriage, Married and still in love: Joys and challenges in the second half of life, as well as many others that are classics and have been in print for years.

Find a marriage book every year and develop a plan to read together with your love. You can read one chapter a week and discuss what you learned while enjoying dinner at a restaurant of your choice.

This is an investment in your relationship that will help protect it!

7. Attend a marriage seminar every three years.

Keep your eyes and ears open for seminars you could attend. Occasionally, you may have information about them on social media. A church in your town can give you information about this as well.

Keep this idea in mind and, if necessary, do an internet search to find one near you.

Even if your marriage is working well, there will be thoughts and ideas presented in a good seminar that will give you a new perspective as a couple. That’s why attending one of them is worth it as an investment for protect and strengthen your marriage.

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