Every year, my husband and I eat a late late New Year’s day breakfast and discuss our goals and resolutions for the upcoming year. And every year, we resolve to eat healthier (cut back on frozen pizza consumption), work out on a more regular basis (that’s usually mine as he is a crazy fitness dude) and travel more (not just visiting relatives). This year we wanted to also work on our relationship health. As a couple of over 16 years, we work a lot, watch a lot of Netflix and spend much of our free time staring at our phones and talking about bills, cleaning and job responsibilities. Yep, we are super exciting and so so basic. In some ways, this way of life is comforting and low on the side of drama and crazy time. In other ways, it can be boring as hell and way too predictable.

So, as we move into 2019, we came up with a list of date ideas in our town of Chicago that meet our mid 40’s sensibilities and injects a bit of newness into our pushing 20 year relationship. Here is the latest of this series.

Enjoy your year, enjoy time with your partner!

Jennie Busker LCPC