What are the keys to a successful marriage?
Are there certain things that absolutely need to be happening in order for a relationship to qualify as a success?
I wish those questions had simple and straight forward answers.
I wish there was a marriage checklist that made things nice and easy.
But here’s the deal.
You don’t just want to get married, you want to stay married.
We can all agree on that, right?
That’s where these things my marriage needed more of come in.
Picture your marriage as a plant and these tips are the water! They will keep your marriage plant standing tall and strong.
Marriage.
No one teaches you how to be married.
I mean, there are lots of things out there meant to prepare us for marriage. But nothing can compare to real hands-on experience.
I’m going to start this off by telling you something I’m not very proud of.
Before we talk about how to get your marriage back on track, let me ask you a couple of questions.
Yep, we are starting with questions.
One of these questions is simple and straight forward.
The other question is simple too but it’s more about my curiosity.
Marriage can often seem like a big picture idea.
But it is time to rethink that. That’s where these little ways to work on your marriage every day come into play.
My marriage improved by leaps and bounds when I started to view it as a small picture journey.
When I started to really pick apart the day to day interactions, that’s when the big changes started happening.
Fight and fair. Do these two words go together like PB & J?
Maybe not that well. I mean, PB & J is such a classic and perfect combo.
But the way a couple handles fights or disagreements has a huge impact on the health of the relationships.
That’s why it is so crucial to figure out how to fight fair with your spouse.
When it comes to how to have a happy relationship, it’s not rocket science.
First, you fall in love.
Then you live happily ever after.
Wait! I think we missed something!
No relationship out there is perfect. No relationship is free of challenges or struggles.
So the thought of how to improve your relationship is something that has crossed all of our minds.
And that’s a good thing. It’s a good thing to make your relationship a priority. It’s a great thing.
Before we get to the good stuff, there’s one important thing I have to share.
Every marriage out there will always be a work in progress. Always! Every single one.
Of course, these simple ways to improve your marriage will help you make positive changes to your relationship.
When it comes to how to make a relationship work, the answer will be different for everyone.
No secret recipe for success that your family just forgot to pass down.
Relationships are tricky. No way around that.
They are messy. They are full of moving parts that don’t always line up as they should.
