A Romantic Idea for Keeping Your Relationship Juicy
Over this past holiday weekend, the two of us took a mini-vacation and drove to Asheville, North Carolina. It was sunny with tempertures in the upper 70's and low 80's. The whole experience was perfect! We spent our time hiking in the mountains and enjoying the great food and shopping in Asheville.
So enough about our perfect weekend--What's the romantic idea that can keep your relationship juicy?
The romantic idea is simple--make a date for a weekend, an evening or even an hour to be together, sharing something that you love to do. If at all possible, do minimal planning and see what happens.
Our weekend wasn't planned, except for our main destination and our hotel. We decided what we were going to do each morning and then if something else looked like what we wanted to do, we did that.
We're not saying that everyone would enjoy this but there's something absolutely freeing about following what you want to do in the moment instead of having your day so planned out that there's no room for following a whim.
For instance, we decided to visit a small town within 30 miles of Asheville and ended up quite by accident at the poet Carl Sandburg's farm. Believe it or not, it was one of the highlights of our fabulous trip because of the peace that we felt while we were there.
The point is to create some time in your life when you can connect in a very powerful way doing something that you both enjoy doing. It doesn't have to be expensive. Since we loved non-strenuous hiking in the mountains for short distances, we decided that we would hike more together in the hills around where we live.
Your relationship can stay juicy or some of the juice that used to be there can even come back if you both start looking for ways to share time and activities together in a way that connects the two of you.
Our wish for you is that you reclaim what you want in your life and relationships--because that's what we all deserve!
