Bridger Pennington outlines five habits that drive most of a marriage's health: weekly date nights, daily deeper conversations beyond logistics, emotional and physical connection, serving your partner through small actions, and regular sincere compliments. These five things, done consistently, build a strong marriage without needing formal expertise.
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What are the 5 things that you could do in a marriage that would drive 95% of the impact? And if you got really good at these 5, you're probably going to do pretty dang well over time. So, I'll give you 5 quick ones. So, first one would be like a weekly date night. Just schedule it in. In other words, you spend some time together, right? Yeah. Number 2 would be daily communication. Most couples, particularly over time, their communication is, what's for dinner? How was work? So, we truly daily communicate deeper than that. How are you feeling today? Like, like check in. Like have an actual conversation. An actual conversation. Emotional and physical connection. Because you can be on the same couch and be disconnected emotionally. You can be 2,000 miles way around the country, around the world, and be emotionally connected. 4 would be look for ways to serve. I'm going to do some dishes. I'm going to like— I'm just going to help around, right? I'm going to pick this up, make it easier. And then number 5 would be basically give sincere compliments. Hey baby, you look great. I love you. You're such a— I just am so grateful for my life, whatever it is. But sincere compliments. If you were to do those 5 things on a daily/weekly basis, I mean, I'm not a marriage expert, but over time you're going to build a pretty freaking awesome marriage. Yeah.