What are you and your partner's "20%"?

The Spark (by Hunter at Show Her Off Dance).

Thoughtful Text Idea

Life isn’t the passing of time, but rather a collection of experiences. Here’s a text idea you can send to celebrate an experience you cherish with your partner (feel free to alter to fit your voice)

We have made some great memories together. I was thinking about [specific memory] and it made me smile. Thankful for you today.

We have made some great memories together. I was thinking about that time we had coffee on the patio and saw all those deer in the backyard. What a perfect morning. Thankful for you today.

Your 20% Goodness?

Here is an excerpt from a good book I just finished 80/20 Daily:

“Before you can truly love anyone else, you must love yourself. How can you do any good, unless you see goodness in yourself?

There is good and bad in everyone. Your job in life is to nurture and expand the good in yourself, and the results of such goodness can engender the world. To fulfill your destiny, you must identify your ‘20 percent goodness spike’ - the best in yourself.

Love yourself for your best attributes and figure out how to deploy them to help both the people you care about and the world at large.

Good attributes, magnified and adroitly deployed, drive out bad. If you are gratified by the good you do, you will expand its scope and effects. Loving yourself becomes a virtuous circle, the most pleasurable duty you have throughout your life.”

Sit down with your partner and both discuss:

• What do you think is my 20% goodness spike?

• How often am I using those abilities or traits daily?

• On a scale of 1 to 5, how much do you love yourself?

Connecting Conversations

Sometimes a great question is all you need to start a meaningful conversation :)

This weekend, try asking your significant other:

• What food always reminds you of your childhood?

• What’s something I’ve helped you overcome?

• How could we make our relationship more exciting?