One thing we will be adding to our lives in the new year is as a married couple is The Marriage Journal (Navigator’s Council). I stumbled across The Marriage Journal’s Instagram account (beating50precent) about 6 months ago. The name alone was enough to make me ask myself what is this. The more I checked out the account and looked around I learned it was a weekly marriage journal.
This Journal is designed with a weekly devotional (there is a religious aspect to the journal but you don’t have to be religious to use it), weekly calendar, and 6 questions for you and your spouse to answer. You as a couple choose a day once a week to sit down and complete that weeks questions. The goal is to strengthen your communication and your marriage.
My husband and I have been married 5 years and together 7. Our relationship was built on a strong base of communication. I mean we talked daily for over a year while only going on two dates 6 months apart. In the beginning, our communication was the base of our relationship. Over time we have both developed a habit of keeping small things to ourselves and then when one of us hits our limit it all comes out. Have you been there? We have and it’s something I wish no couple has to experience. We have gotten so used to not bring up the small things over the years that we lost a bit of our communication. I hope The Marriage Journal brings us back to the type of communication we had in the beginning.
There are a few things that I am interested to see what pans out with them. For example, the questions are the same each week so I’m wondering if they will get tiresome. I am worried that my husband won’t want to participate for a year. These are my two main what if’s but we will see what happens.
Starting January 1 we will do our first The Marriage Journal (Navigator’s Council) entry. I’ve read that they say to give it 6 weeks before you decide to continue or stop so I will do a check back in at the 6-week mark.
The Marriage Journal (Navigator’s Council) is designed for individuals of all ages and lengths of marriages. There are no requirements that say you need to be a newlywed to start. I would love to have you join me in this journey <3
xoxo,
Mandy
