A couple months ago while teaching at Calvary Monterey I made a reference to a yearly all-day planning meeting Christina and I conduct to help us get our priorities straight for the next year. A friend of mine recently emailed me to ask if we had a template of subjects to discuss. While I did not, I was able to quickly jot down a few ideas and thought I’d share them with you.
This is not really comprehensive, but hopefully it helps.
Our worship: church, bible-reading, prayer lives, Christian book reading.
Our marriage: romance, intimacy, dates, goals for the next year, scheduling, lifestyle pace.
Our children: goals for each child, parenting strategies.
Our work: financial goals, career goals, savings goals.
Our ministry: hospitality, friendships, new ventures, review current.
Our household: projects, savings plan, big purchases.
Our bodies: health goals, exercise.
Our dreams: think out loud.
If you’ve never really talked about these things with your spouse I would advise you to go slowly and keep it light. If you aren’t used to this kind of dialogue you might want warm up to it for a year or two. All of this, of course, should be accompanied by much prayer. Christina and I like to take a full day to discuss this stuff, accompanied with and broken up by walks, meals, and coffee throughout the day. Have fun!
PS. While much of this is marriage/family centered, much of it is not, so I would encourage you to do something like this even if you are single. Just adapt it to your needs!
Yearly Planning Meeting
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