Most couples aren’t effective at communication. Jobs, kids, hobbies take time and focus away from each other. Talking and keeping in touch can fall through the cracks.
We saw this happening to us and decided to do something about in 2012. Starting the first of the year we decided to implement something called daily notes. Each weekday morning either of us starts an email with the day’s date and open the communication pipeline.
What do we talk about?
Our plans for the day, how we feel physically, ongoing concerns, news from the day and much more. It’s become second nature, so a weekday without the daily note feels lonely, mindless.
The daily notes allow us to know what is going on, changes in the day and experiences the other hasn’t shared.
In our 5 years since we started the daily notes we’ve noticed having a running documented history of our marriage is wonderful! We can go back and experience events as they happened.