Doing Better

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“This is a moment to consider what ‘doing better’ really means.”
          -Anna Quindlen

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Anna Quindlen said this at the Grinnell College graduation ceremony this year. She was referring to how we think about personal success, but I think the quote is just as relevant to relationship success.

I urge you all to think about what ‘doing better’ really means within the context of your relationship. After years of thinking of this, I’ve decided that for me, ‘doing better’ means:

• Focusing on people and loving relationships, not stuff and projects

• Actively creating happy moments with those you love

• Encouraging everyone in my family to pursue something for which they have a passion, no matter how foreign that passion might be to me

• Learning how to say ‘no’ to obligations for which I have little time

• Finding something every day for which I can say “thank you”

What does “doing better” mean to you? And, so this isn’t too theoretical an exercise, are there things you can do to help you ‘do better?’

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