Reconnect without Distractions & The Liz and Ryan Date Night Guide
Life in Love //
It’s late in the evening. We are sitting on the couch together, phones in hand, laptop on the ottoman, iPad nearby, and the television is on. I check the latest score of the Orioles game while Liz pins away on Pinterest. The phone buzzes and the urge to see who might have emailed us this late in the evening is too strong to resist. I just “have” to know who needs my attention at this exact second. Unfortunately, the person who really needs my attention at this exact second is sitting right beside me. We sit together on the couch, but are we really together?
Is checking that email, facebook update, or instagram really more important then checking in with each other?
How did we let all of these distractions interrupt our lives?
How many people reading this can share a similar story?
How many people reading this are doing so on their phone in front of the TV while your spouse sits oh so close, but yet so far away?
I remember our honeymoon quite vividly. Ok, Ok, I won’t get into all those details here :), but the one thing I will share is that it was truly an escape with each other without distractions. No phones, no computers, no television. It was truly a place and time to connect with each other without distractions.
Earlier this week, Liz and I cuddled close for a date night together on the couch. It has been one of our traditions to watch The Bachelor/Bachelorette together since the very beginning of our relationship back in highschool…. going all the way back to season 1!
… For a moment we were definitely worried Des might end up alone. Maybe it was all the distractions of giant cameras and a twenty-person television crew that kept Brooks from truly falling in love with her. But that’s a conversation for another post…
We roasted s’mores, made fancy drinks, and sat close. Besides the TV and after a quick instagram, (because clearly everyone needs to know at that exact moment that we are roasting marshmallows inside our house, just in case we accidently set it on fire), we made sure to turn off the computers, put away the iPad, and put our phones on silent.
And for the first moment in over a week, we could truly reconnect with each other.
Too often we get caught up in the fast paced life of a technology driven world that we forget to reconnect without distractions.
Our friend Lara Casey has declared this month as Intentional August, a month to focus intentionally on what’s most important.
This week we challenge everyone who reads our blog to intentionally shut off the distractions and focus on reconnecting with the one you love.
Sit close, share the one thing you love most about each other, play truth or dare, watch the sunset, or better yet, watch the sunrise. Have a romantic date night in the middle of the week. Make breakfast in bed. Have sex before work (yes I said it! :)). Talk about your big dreams, how many children (or dogs) you want to have, and what life will be like when you are old and wrinkly.
We have some fun inspiration to help you reconnect without distractions. Earlier this year we created the Liz and Ryan Date Night Guide. And today, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to share it with you all for FREE! Just click here or on the image below to download the guide. And then print it out so you can turn off your computer and reconnect with your spouse. :)
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