Try a new activity on your date
Whenyour agreed date time begins
Choose something neither of you does routinely and both want to try. Learn a dance, cook an unfamiliar dish or explore a new accessible place together. Set a cost and end time you can both enjoy.
Start tiny
Try one new song and a few playful steps together.
What you’ll notice
A new story with the person you already know.
When it slips
Too tired to go out? Try a small new activity at home. Novel need not mean risky.
Aron, Norman, Aron, McKenna & Heyman (2000). Couples’ Shared Participation in Novel and Arousing Activities and Experienced Relationship Quality. JPSP 78:273–284. Read the source ↗ . Surveys and experiments support shared novel activity; experimental gains were immediate. The card’s time and activity examples are adaptable starting choices.
Growth: Supporting habits that improve the conditions for useful repetitions: preparation, consistency or necessary recovery.
