Miho's Takeaways

When you have an intimate relationship with someone hopefully you start to balance each other up and learn from each other. Today I will share with you a couple of things that I have learned from my partner.

The Love for our son.

• During his two and a half years she has not missed one night with him. Even if I offered her the night off plenty of times. This pushes me to be as good as possible and help the family in other ways.

Kindness when you are sick.

• When I am healthy she can be a real pain in the ass and pushes me to my limits. But when I am sick she turns into the most beautiful angel the universe has seen. And I believe that when you are at your weakest, your real family shines the brightest.

"Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife".

~Franz Schubert

Responsibility when it comes to work

• Before if something came up, I was okay with asking other staff or HR if I could change my shift. I know now that if you schedule your shift you have to take responsibility for that and not put extra work on your friends and colleagues. Of course, crisis always comes up, and that's when colleagues come in handy.

Don't joke about money.

• Maybe this is just a problem for me, but I use to joke and say that I don't have any money even if I had (mostly because I did not want to spend money on this "thing"). I realized now what a waste of time it was and how childish it is.

Planning for spontaneity.

• When you have kids this is even more critical and my wife is great at planning.
• Many believe that spontaneity comes from not planning, but I believe it comes from a planned road with many choices to pick from.

Think about what's coming out of your mouth, especially at the dinner table.

• My growth mindset can sometimes be my greatest enemy, especially when I put it on my wife.
• Bringing negativity from the day. Ventilation has its time and place, but not unprepared at the dining table.
• Just be more thoughtful about how I say something, and I now understand that many things don't need to be said at all.

"Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals."

~ by L. J. Isham

Do things by yourself.

• I don't know how many times I have asked my wife for help and she just answered that I have to do it by myself. Even if your partner can do it 10x faster, you will grow a bunch by at least trying.

Have a wonderful day everybody !