Have you ever felt like you just need a break? (Only all the time, right?) My husband and I found ourselves talking about this just the other day. We are lucky enough to spend a lot of time together. I am a teacher and get summers off, and he is a law student who also gets summers off. This is awesome...until we get sick of each other. We discussed how personal time is so important, as it makes the time we spend together even better.
Let me lay this out for you. Spending time together as a couple is important so you can communicate effectively and connect more deeply. A couple ways we do this each day is deciding what we need to tackle together (like organizing our desk that was overflowing with papers until this afternoon) and what we want to do to for "us time." Today we decided to go out to eat lunch together at one of our favorite spots, Mother Bears in Bloomington, IN. (If you haven't been there you need to stop reading this and go right now..seriously, now! They have the best pizza and breadsticks, and what is better than that?!) Anyway, the rest of our day remained pretty open, so we decided to take some time for ourselves. We have hobbies we like to do together, like fishing, playing Ticket to Ride, and watching The Office on repeat, but sometimes we need space to do things alone.
Today I chose to sit down and start this blog! This has been on my to-do list since January, and it only took me way too long to do it. Better late than never though, right? I also chose to browse Pinterest, watch some old episodes of How I Met Your Mother, and get a few things organized for the start of the school year. These are all things my husband had no interest in, and that I needed to tackle on my own. On the other hand, he chose to catch up on a few things for his work, watch Fringe, and work on one of his favorite hobbies, puzzle making.
It's nice to know that my favorite person is just in the other room as I conquer what I want to for the day, and he does the same. It's honestly the best, and we've made this a priority. We both end up feeling more fulfilled and relaxed at the end of the day. Later I might even take a bath! Talk about some real self care, huh? I know my husband will want to make dinner anyway, so I'll let him. (That's the real reason he's my favorite person).
So, take it from me and carve out some time for yourself today. Get something accomplished with those that you need to, take time to relax with them, and then get to your own goals. Those goals might be to complete a project or just to lay down and binge watch Stranger Things 3, if you haven't already. Whatever it is, enjoy it and look forward to that accomplished and relaxed feeling that is sure to follow. Stay in the sweet spot!
-Jordan
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