a post by my beautiful wife!
I just the heard the sad news… there may not be any Eggo waffles available until next year!
Why is this a big deal? The only thing our kiddo likes to eat for breakfast are blueberry Eggo waffles!
This tragedy (being a little dramatic here) has made me realize how much of our lives are routine. We eat the same food for breakfast, we drive the same way to school, we buy the same stuff at the store each week, we go to the same restaurants…
Wow! WE ARE ROUTINE PEOPLE!
Is routine a bad thing?
Not necessarily. Routine can allow for things to be easy, not stressful… which is good — right?
Yes and No.
Yes, it is great to know the quickest way to drive to school, the restaurants that have the food you like or the store where you know how to find everything!
But in marriage? Routine can, at times, be a bad thing. When we get into a routine of kissing our spouse at the same time, same way, every day before work, it can be predictable, stagnant. Or when you have a date, you go to the same restaurant, eat the same food, talk about the same things…BORING!
There has to be more to marriage than that!!
I want more for my marriage… I want PASSION (not just in the bedroom), I want UNPREDICTABILITY, I want EXCITEMENT!!
And that requires one thing… BEING INTENTIONAL!
Avoid routine by being intentional
In order for our marriage not to fall into a routine, My Incredible Husband™ and I have to be intentional about our actions. We have to take time to think about ways to shake things up — to do things differently.
Here is a short list of simple ideas to break up the ‘routine’ of day to day life with your spouse:
Kiss differently – Try to find a different time, place, and way to kiss your spouse every day.
Date differently - Look through your local events page or websites. Find something different to do like an art show, an outside concert, ice skating, bowling, or walking in the park.
Talk differently – Find things to talk about other than work, kids, or money. There are a lot websites that have great questions(my husband’s Examiner.com page!) to give you a chance to talk about dreams, desires, and thoughts.
Touch differently – Hold your spouses hand walking into the store, grab their butt, stop them for no reason and give them a passionate hug.
Do you do things that break up the routine of day to day life in your marriage? We would love to hear about it in the comments below!
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