For years, I refused to apply the same principles to my relationship that I applied in every other part of my life.
For example, if I wanted to lose weight, I changed the way I exercised, ate, or both.
Simple.
If I wanted to make more money, I changed the way (or amount) I worked.
Makes sense.
But for some reason, my solution to having a better marriage was the equivalent of talking louder and slower to someone who doesn’t speak the same language as me…
(You know… because “WHERE! CAN! I! BUY! SOME! BACON!” is a magical language that everyone understands, even if they don't undersatnd “where can I buy some bacon?” There’s no way I’m the only one who has done that… right?).
Every December I convince myself that “next year will be different.”
But “next year” was never different.
Because I wasn't different.
I'd do the same things over and over again and wondered why “next year” was never different.
Yes… I know there's a “definition of insanity” joke in there somewhere.
But something happened earlier this year.
And I finally realized that I’m the only one who can make the future different from the past.
So 2014 will be different now.
Because I will be.
What will you do different in 2014?
How will you improve your marriage?
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