Marriage & Retirement Quiz

Working on this project together can build a foundation for your encore life plan. Use agreements,  disagreements,  and discussion as a beginning template for designing your relationship for a successful retirement. When you finish this project, research all the retirement activity checklists. You choices will be more clear.

 

1. Primary strengths of our marriage through the years–

 

2. We can build on those strengths by—

 

3. Past enjoyable activities we can resurrect—

 

4. How much couple time do we each want?

 

5.  How much individual time?

 

6. List more than 3 things we have successfully negotiated and compromised with each other on in the past. (If this is a difficult question, we will consider learning these skills NOW!)

7. What are our personal values and  

    priorities  for this encore life

    transition? Here’s what I will do

    —– if it is a value or priority for me

    or our marriage.

responses

   HIS

 

HERS

 

         2 nitpicky habits or grudges I will let go

         Volunteering or community service

         Is leisure or productivity more important?

         Focus on grandparenting or other family relationships?

         How will we spend our money?

         What new things would we like to learn?

         How will we keep healthy and active?

         What do we want as physical & emotional connection? Affection, sex, talking—-?

OTHER IDEAS—

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MORE INFO LINKS: Archives- 11/27/08, 12/11/08

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