The New Year’s Goals You Should Be Making For Your Relationship

The new year is rapidly approaching, and most of us have at least a few things we’d like to focus on come January to set ourselves up for 2025 – even those of us who don’t like making hard and fast resolutions. The start of a new year has a special way of making us reevaluate life.

Maybe you’ve decided it’s finally time to hit the gym regularly, or maybe you’ve come to the conclusion that you’re going to become a better cook and stop ordering out so much, or it’s possible that you want 2025 to be the year you finally get that promotion, or you want to read a book every week this year.

It’s always a good idea to set goals for ourselves as we enter a new year. But that’s not the only thing we should be focusing on – in fact, it’s also important to set goals for our relationship, to intentionally seek out ways to help it thrive as we step into a brand new year. 

Here are the 12 goals you should be setting for your relationship in the New Year.

Have a Regular Date Night

It’s easy to forget how to date when you’ve been together long enough and get into a rhythm. Make the effort this new year to establish a regular date night and take turns planning proper nights out.

Say “I Love You” Every Day

Saying I love you for the first time feels like the biggest deal in the world; then, after saying it for a few years, it loses its magic, and you might forget the last time you said it. Make a point of saying, “I love you,” every single day this year.

Learn How To Fight 

Yes, even the happy couples fight – they just do it well, with the intention of reaching a resolution in mind. This year, learn how to fight without resorting to name-calling, blaming, manipulation, and causing more damage than anything else.

Say “Thank You” More Often

There comes a point in every relationship when we begin to take all the things our husband does, big or little, for granted. We get used to the wonderful ways he helps us, loves us, and supports us. Take the extra time to say “thank you” more often.

Have Regular Check-Ins

Communication is perhaps the most important ingredient for any relationship, but it’s easy to let it slide when life gets busy. In order to be a healthy couple, you need to have regular “How are you doing?” check-ins.

Let Go of the Little Things

Even the most in-love couples will have their bones to pick with one another. But it’s also important to know which battles are worth fighting and which smaller annoyances should be forgiven and forgotten. This year, learn how to let go of the little things that aren’t worth fighting about.

Make Health and Fitness Plans Together

Couples who work out and eat well together stay together, right? Don’t keep your health goals all to yourself – get your man involved, too! Keeping each other accountable will make it that much easier to actually stick to it.

Make Gentleness the Default

It’s far too easy to get really used to snapping easily at our husband or being less than kind to him. And before you know it, you’ve become that couple that’s constantly at each other’s throats. Make gentleness your default attitude with him this coming year. 

Show Your Support

Telling him you believe in him once just isn’t enough. Your words of support will mean more to him than you know. Take the extra time and effort this coming year to show him you’re in his corner and support his dreams.

Have Technology-Free Nights

Be honest, how many times have you been out on a date night and ended up ignoring each other in favor of your phone? Establish regular technology-free nights to get some extra quality time in.

Study Each Other More

While you might think you know everything there is to know about him after a couple of years, there’s always more to discover. Become interested in “knowing” him again, like you were in the early days; study him and learn him more deeply.

Flirt with Each Other

We’re all about the security that comes with a committed relationship, but that shouldn’t come with the sacrifice of some good old-fashioned flirting. Revive your flirting game this year, and let him know you still get butterflies for him.

Closing Thoughts

Just like we take stock of ourselves at the beginning of the year, it’s worth it to take a deeper look at our relationship and think about which New Year’s goals would help us fall deeper in love with our man.

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