For couples, adding this one thing to your routine could make you feel more calm, connected and ready to tackle the week ahead.
Stephanie Booe, a content creator and motherhood blogger in North Carolina, made a now-viral video about the ritual that has kept her seven-year marriage stronger than ever: scheduling a weekly meeting with her husband Alex. Since posting it on Instagram in January, the video has been viewed more than 12 million times.
Every week, over a cup of tea, the couple dedicates 45 minutes to looking at the family calendar and mapping out the upcoming week.
“In our meetings, we talk about appointments, meetings, dinners or time with friends that we have planned, along with meal planning, groceries, overall budget, weekend plans and how we can serve others throughout our week,” Booe told HuffPost.
Typically, the parents of two do this on Sunday evening after the kids are asleep. They started implementing these weekly check-ins about a year ago in a casual way. After seeing how much of a difference they made, the meetings have now become a “non-negotiable” part of the week.
“We have two kids, and we both work so as you can imagine, our schedules can sometimes get a little chaotic,” Booe said. “We were tired of feeling scattered and out of sync. We needed to find a way that we could not only connect, but to sit down and organize our life in a better and healthier way.”
“It’s 100,000% worth it,” she said. And her only complaint is that they “didn’t do this sooner.”
The practice has improved the Booe’s marriage, as well as the day-to-day functioning of their household, she said. For one, they’ve noticed they’ve been arguing less since implementing a weekly meeting.
“We don’t have a misunderstanding like, ‘Wait, I didn’t know you had blank,’ and we don’t fight about what’s for dinner because we’ve already addressed all of these things,” Booe said. “We go into the week knowing what to expect and knowing what we’re having for each dinner. That way, if one of us is busy or has to work late, the other person can jump on dinner because the food is there and the meal is already planned.”
It helps their home “run like a well-oiled” machine, she said, and creates a strong foundation for their family.
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