Tag: Journalling

Marriage and Relationships Your Better Self

What Do You Want From Your Relationship?

Post author By Marko
Post date July 9, 2018
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How to Create Your Relationship's North Star

Imagine the navigation system you have in your car or on your phone. If you put in an exact address, the device will lead you exactly where you want to go.

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If you get lost or get off track, the system will recalculate and prepare a new route for you. So, while the goal or the target remains the same, because the conditions have changed, the plan has changed as well.

Let’s now imagine, while still using the same navigation device, you do not know where you want to go. Well, as we all know, even the best navigation device will not be able to help you.

My question is, “What did you put in your relationship’s navigation device? Do you even HAVE a desired destination?”

Tags Journaling, Journalling, Life Plan, Life Skills, Pillar, Treat Yourself Like You Matter, Vision, What do You Want

Marriage and Relationships Your Better Self

How to Create Your Personal Life Plan

Post author By Marko
Post date July 6, 2018
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Most people have never been asked to contemplate the question “What do you hope to achieve in your life, and what kind of person do you want to be?”

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We are used to thinking hard and planning our education, career, and perhaps buying our first home. Heck, we are able to spend countless hours on planning our next summer vacation! But I have met very few people in my life who have a plan for their life.

Tags change, Change your spouse, Happy marriage, Journaling, Journalling, Life Plan, Life Skills, perfect, Pillar, Treat Yourself Like You Matter, Vision, Vision of Your relationship, What do You Want

Marriage and Relationships Your Better Self

How to Upgrade Your Life With Journaling

Post author By Marko
Post date July 6, 2018
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So, my wife recently told me I am husband version 4.0 her. She feels like she has a new husband. Wow!

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I asked her who were the other three? This is what she said.

Tags Conflict resolution, feel good, Journaling, Journalling, Life Plan, Life Skills, No-Big-Deal Conflict, Pillar, Treat Yourself Like You Matter, Vision, What do You Want

Your Better Self

How to Treat Yourself Like You Matter

Post author By Marko
Post date July 6, 2018
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One of the main reasons that people don’t get what they want is because they don’t actually figure out what it is.

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This sounds obvious, and it is. Still, not many people do it, including myself until a couple of years ago.

Tags change, Change your spouse, Journaling, Journalling, Life Plan, Life Skills, Pillar, Treat Yourself Like You Matter, What do You Want

Your Better Self

The Journaling Template that Changed my Life

Post author By Marko
Post date July 5, 2018
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I started journaling five years ago. It became almost a ritual in its own right, because it changed my life in so many positive ways.

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In my previous article I outlined numerous benefits of keeping a journal. This post is about a specific process and writing prompts that I use to lead my thoughts and keep things tidy and structured.

Tags Evernote, Journaling, Journalling, Life Plan, My Story, Pillar, Treat Yourself Like You Matter

Marriage and Relationships Your Better Self

Watch Your Spouse Carefully

Post author By Marko
Post date July 4, 2018
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Here’s the key to a good relationship. Well, not the only one, but one of the keys. Kind of a low hanging fruit, if you want.

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Watch your loved one carefully. Really carefully. What do I mean?

Tags Conflict resolution, contempt, Criticism, Journaling, Journalling, kiss of death, Men are Stupid, No-Big-Deal Conflict, Sarcasm, silent killer of relationships, silent treatments, toxic behaviors

Marriage and Relationships

Pick the Flowers, not the Weeds

Post author By Marko
Post date May 17, 2017
4 Comments on Pick the Flowers, not the Weeds

Focus on What is working and let the rest go

When my wife and I were in our deepest trouble, one of the “themes” was our relentless focus on the things that didn’t work.

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I know all too well how horrible it feels when your life mate starts to see only things they don’t like. Things you screwed up (again). Sometimes it seems they are on a mission to prove that they are right (and you are wrong).

[callout]Sometimes it feels like your spouse is deliberately overlooking the overwhelming number of things that do work. The scary part is that even the most loving couples can get hung up on negative beliefs about each other pretty easily, without even noticing.[/callout]

Tags contempt, Criticism, Focus on the good stuff, Happy marriage, Journaling, Journalling, No-Big-Deal Conflict, silent killer, toxic behaviors