Grow More Joy

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I have a confession to make

This morning, I woke up and then immediately got back in bed to relax with my partner and daughter until 10am.

You might be reading this and think, “I’d never want to do that!”

And I think that's awesome!

I love that my partner and I are building our dream life together (no meetings before 10am!), and that it doesn’t appeal to everyone.

That’s the point! — our dream life only has to appeal to us.

As a relationship coach, I work with couples all the time who are paralyzed worrying about what they should be doing…

…instead of doing the things that feed their soul!

Maybe for you that means waking up at 5am to go rock climbing and surfing with your family.

That sounds awesome!

And also, I would never do that!

But here’s the thing, there are no rules about what your relationship and life has to look like.

If it makes you happy and gives you what you want — then that's your dream life!

And this is why I bang my drum so often about learning how to make decisions with your partner.

Because you have to be able to make decisions with your partner if you want to be able to enjoy life together.

If my partner Sunaina wasn’t on board with my choices, then she would have been in my ear telling me to get up and go to work.

And then neither one of us would have enjoyed our morning together.

Learn how to make decisions with your partner, and you can build a life that nourishes you both.

When you’re ready to learn how to do that, send me a message.

-Matt