Life Goal Planning With Your Spouse

[David Seale]

Hey BP!

A little backstory on why I'm writing this post... My wife and I have been together for about ten years and we've never taken this topic super seriously. What I mean is we've never sat down, wrote down our goals, discuss what we want out of life, created action items, followed up with each other on them, or anything like that. Sure, we talk often about what we want to do, big ideas we have, family vacations we want to take, etc. but things don't always get done like you hope. It's not that it hasn't worked this way, but I sincerely want to be more deliberate about the future.

SO, the purpose of this post is to ask what methods/recommendations/approaches do you have when it comes to setting goals and sticking to them? Especially with a partner. For example, I love how @Brandon Turner often talks about on the podcast how he and Heather have their annual dinner on new years day to discuss the upcoming year. And how Wendy Papasan discusses when her and Jay started serious goal planning, they created a list of questions that focused on their relationship that turned out to be the foundation for their working partnerhsip/marriage. They also discussed how they took the idea of an off-site business leadership retreat and placed a focus on family.

SO, how do you approach goal planning? How do you stick with it? Any and all comments welcome. Personal experiences, books, podcast episodes, journals, etc.