Tag: schedule

We humans live a well-worn path, often living the same life over and over, day after day. It takes true effort to blaze a new trail because we’re simply not wired for change; we’re wired for habit. Our brains like reliability and consistently.

This is why creating a new practice, like regular date nights (or anything for that matter), isn’t always easy. Even if you really want to have regular, quality couple time, there’s a very good chance that you’ll naturally revert back to your old ways of not prioritizing date night.

Why is it that we don't do what we know we should do? We've heard it before, time and again: itemize tasks by priority, then work on our projects in that order. And yet, even if we've made the list, we tend to focus on the most familiar endeavors first, and then we run out of time and energy for the most important ones.

Procrastination is a sly devil that convinces you to put off what you know is crucial, and instead fill your day with busy tasks that do little to contribute to your overall success and happiness. If you feel stuck on a treadmill of missed deadlines and opportunities, these four habits will launch you into a new mindset of timely action:

Do you remember bike rides on Saturdays and lazy Sunday mornings with the paper? A typical weekend might have included grabbing a bite to eat with friends at a local bistro, taking in a movie or going out for brunch. Or perhaps you would have simply slept. Ah, glorious uninterrupted sleep. Where did those days go?

All of a sudden, your weekends are dictated by ballet, soccer and birthday parties. And your old system for managing life doesn’t work either. There is now a crushing need for that huge calendar hung on your kitchen wall boasting entries organized by color so that your partner can easily see what is happening without having to ask you.

Newlyweds have just experienced one of the most memorable days of their lives, but now the honeymoon is over and it's time to take on their first real challenge as a married couple: moving into their new home together.

Moving can cause extreme stress to even the calmest of individuals—not exactly the way you want to start off a marriage. Keep the stress and chaos to a minimum with this helpful 3-step newlywed moving preparation checklist.

The word inspire means "spirit within."

Does your spirit shine through on a day to day basis? Do you feel lit up from the inside out? You’ve had moments, right? Is it possible to live each day centered in this state of flow, optimism, and fearlessness? I believe it is.

Our super hectic, over-scheduled, high-stress modern world has created the perfect tipping point for us right now.

If you’re like me, you know instinctively that the quality of our married sex is critical to the state of our union. Why else do we imbibe so much information about how to keep our sex lives interesting? Having said that, we know all too well that life happens to our relationships and consequently, what we hold dear, namely our sex, invariably becomes affected. And it’s very easy to blame our spouse for our waning interest in the sex department.

One of the best aspects of planning sex is the element of anticipation. Try sending text messages ("I can’t wait for our date tonight!" or something more suggestive) or planning the evening so that it can include an elegant meal and a bubble bath.

Scheduled time for lovemaking helps women to clear the decks of other concerns and to bring their focus to romance. Sex on a schedule helps men who take drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED) to plan the use of their medication.