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Relational experts and marriage counselors talk of passion. How to get it, how to keep it. I’m guilty too. Check out these articles. In a hurry? Click here for part two of this article.
How to deepen passion in ten minutes a day (one/ two)
How to avoid passionless marriage
How to find your passion
For now though, let’s take a different approach, shall we? Before we get it and keep it, we’ve got to prepare. Find the time and make the space for it, don’t you think?
A theologian once said, “Do people need help managing time because they are too busy? Or do they need help managing time because they have lost the sense of the meaning of time?” Consider these facts:
About two-thirds (if not more) married women are working outside the home. This means that the average married couple spends about ninety hours a week on the job. Researchers at the University of Utah and Utah State University (1991) found that the incremental increase in time spent at work was re-allocated at the expense of more leisure-oriented activities.
Here are some suggestions for finding time for leisurely passion
1. Break the work-spend cycle. We work to earn more so we can spend more and buy more. This might be exhibited through the purchase of higher quality products, goods and services, a gigantic home and status vehicles equipped with exceptional options. Strive for an earn-save cycle. The less you own, the less worry one may have and the less time it will take to manage and maintain fewer possessions.
2. Resolve to cut one to two hours from your hectic lifestyle in exchange for solitary meditation and family activities. One to two free hours may be skimmed from 1 day per week commuting on a bus or train rather than driving independently; taking 4-5 fifteen minute coffee breaks at work, lengthening lunch period by 5 minutes per day. Setting a work schedule that allows you to arrive 30 minute to 1 hour earlier than your peers to take advantage of fewer interruptions for better time management. A more relaxed partner is a sexier partner.
3. Cut the family budget so that the family may maintain a standard of living on one primary salary. Work to save the 40 to 90% of the proceeds from the secondary. In time, the family will wean itself from the chains of the secondary salary altogether. Families less stressed by financial concerns have more quality time to spend on one another.
Part two of this article continued.
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