Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Affordable Date Night Ideas

12 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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Danielle Ralston shows how to plan date nights that cost little or nothing. Mark them on a calendar, build anticipation around simple things like reading together, and skip the $100 dinner. Meaningful time doesn't require spending money.

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Yeah, exactly. But again, having little things to look forward to. Is a book coming out that you want to read? That's something to look— put it on your calendar. Don't just like keep it in the back of your mind. Put it on your calendar with stars and stripes and fireworks and like look at it as something to look forward to. Go out on a date with your significant other, whatever that looks like. And I had this conversation with a client. Last week. They're like, well, we can't afford to do that. Yes, you can. Date nights don't include spending $100 on a dinner and buying— You don't have to spend— You don't have to spend anything. My husband and I still talk about this. We don't have to be careful of what we're spending on things now. We're older. Our son has grown and gone.