Day 30 of the Kindness Challenge!

Day 30: Finishing the course set before you

CONGRATULATIONS! Today, give yourself kudos for finishing the course! Take the final kindness assessment to see how far you've come.

Now consider: what habit would your wife most want you to keep doing? Listening for 15 minutes? Telling her the things you enjoy about her? Doing a little act of kindness? Which habit had the most impact on your happiness, your wife's happiness, or both? Pick what you want most to keep going – and resolve to do so!

Coach's corner:

Send yourself a text or email every day or two with "next steps"– which will make you more likely to do them. For example: "give her gift journal on our date night next Friday" or "continue to listen for 15 minutes a day."

If you have been doing this Challenge with a group, schedule a group get-together or another way to touch base and see how the habit of kindness is going. This will help to turn the habit into a lifestyle.

Also, is there someone else with whom you want a better relationship? Consider starting the challenge again and focusing on the next person along. You'll see that it is much easier now that you've already become a person of kindness.

Want to recommend the 30-Day Kindness Challenge to a friend? Click here to send them a recommendation for the 30-Day Kindness Challenge and the book. And consider reading For Men Only (our book about women), or The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages (about the simple habits that make great marriages) for more practical tips going forward!

Thank you for becoming a person of kindness.