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I am your co-host, Christina Dodson.

On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling and Nill Smith.

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This week on the podcast, we're doing a mini series on goal setting. Each day we'll be focusing on one topic surrounding setting goals

as a married couple. To kick things off today, the topic is the importance of setting goals.

So Dr. Kim, do you see couples doing this a lot setting goals together?

You know, it's kind of interesting as I think through the couples that I work with.

I kind of have to say yes and no. I think some couples do it and do it pretty well and see the

benefit of it. I see other couples that set the goals and then they don't follow through with it

and then get real frustrated. And then I get couples that when we talk about setting goals, it's almost like they just

kind of give me this blank stare.

It's like they don't want to do that, whether it's just like accountability or it's extra work.

But in reality, if you're going to make your marriage better, I think goal setting needs to be

a part of that at some way.

Yeah, absolutely.

That's good.

Yeah.

And I would say I see the same. It's kind of like a mixed across the board. I definitely say it's less common though to set goals. Like as far as like the couples that I interact with, it's not something that they think about on a on a real regular basis. Sometimes like in their business, but not as far as life goes. Does that make sense? Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, you know, when you're when you're in school,

college, grad work, you're always setting goals, you know what your deadlines are, you have things you have to do, and it helps you be successful in your business. I mean, businesses don't

set goals, probably just kind of go in circles. I mean, yes, or flounder. There's some just super

or something going on there. And so, and then we take the most important relationship next to God.

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