• To be stronger • To feel better • To trai • To be stronger
• To feel better 
• To train my mind to know that hard things are good things
• To set an example 
• For longevity
• To get out of the house 
• To start the day on the right foot
• To listen to good music for a little while
• To have productive alone time

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6ish years ago I was working full-time as a doctor’s assistant and coming home to an 8-month-old baby while Josh worked 12-hour shifts until midnight. I was so busy that I felt like I was losing my sense of identity. 

That year I decided to start my blog. I kept it a secret for a while because I was embarrassed. I didn’t want anyone to think, “Who does she think she is? We’ve known her for years and she thinks she has something to say??”

But - I loved it! I wrote posts on everything! Random pizza recipes, how my run went that day, marriage, motherhood - I had absolutely no direction. But, I started sharing my blog and got a bunch of great feedback on my marriage and family posts. So, I decided to focus on that because that was, afterall, my favorite thing to write about anyway.

A few months later, I started pinning my posts on Pinterest and educating myself on what it meant to blog well, set up posts for good SEO, how to engage an audience, etc. I had a couple posts go viral on Pinterest and for a few months I had over 350,000 views on my blog/month.

Way late in the game, I started posting to Instagram in 2017. By then we had 2 babies and I had been working with brands for a while so I was able to quit my (at the time) part-time job to stay home with them which I was stoked about! 

Later that year, we packed up our stuff and moved to WA. The original plan was for Josh to find work and for me to continue blogging & be a SAHM. But, after several months later and finding it much harder for Josh to find work than we anticipated, I told him, "Hey, don't feel bad, I don't want you to feel pressure. I will look for work to take some of the pressure off."

So, I started applying for jobs in social media and content marketing. About a month into my search I made a profile on a job-matching platform called @scouted.io. A couple weeks later, I got an email from someone at Scouted saying that they were looking for someone to help with their content and they wanted to have a conversation. 

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Damon Diaries, Dating, Marriage, Relationships · April 21, 2016

Things for couples to do when there’ s nothing good to do

Sometimes, there’s just nothing good to do… or is there!?!?! Before you give up hope, take a look at this list of 7 random activities for couples to do when there’s nothing good to do!

Sometimes, there’s just nothing good to do… or is there!?!?! Before you give up hope, take a look at this list of 7 random activities for couples to do when there’s nothing good to do!

1 If you have a porch, go out and sit on it.

We live in the south east so when my husband and I sit on our porch in the cool air of the evening and shoot the breeze, I finally feel like we’ve fully integrated into the surrounding culture. It’s such a great place to have those accidental deep conversations, though. We’ve had a lot of great conversations about life, society, the future, right on our front porch! It could be the sound of birds chirping, it could be the fresh, warm air, but for whatever reason, sitting on a porch is much more conducive for good conversation than sitting inside on the couch.

2 Find one thing in your home that you’d like to spruce up, and work on it together.

For the past 2 years I’ve been thinking of our home as a temporary dwelling place. Don’t get me wrong, our home is lovely, but I honestly thought we’d have moved somewhere else by now. When I realized our home was still going to be our home for a while, I finally decided to put up curtains. For the first time in living in this house for 2+ years. I also bought some super cute throw pillows to give our couches a bit of a makeover. If you’re looking for something to take up an afternoon, find a small project to do and complete that you can both be proud of and enjoy doing together and look back on with fond memories.

3 Create an epic spotify playlist together.

So my husband is a big “oldies” fan. You know- Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Supertramp, or The Rolling Stones anyone? And I only listen to them when we’re stuck together in the car 😉 Either way, I love that he loves that genre of music and he loves educating me on it. We like making playlists together for future things we’re going to do like vacations (we recently made a playlist for our trip to St. Thomas), road trips, or just hanging around the house with our toddler. Having music in the background of life makes it a bit happier, in my opinion. Creating a playlist together will be a great way to spark conversation about memories, interests, likes and dislikes!

4 Create an epic dessert together

We try to eat pretty healthy in our family, cutting out most sugar from our diet and eating waaay less processed foods, and I’ve never been happier about my health and appearance because of it! That being said, we have our moments of weakness. Most of the time it’s inspired by random decadent images of cake or some other heavenly dessert someone had the audacity to think up. The other day while scrolling through Pinterest around 9pm I stumbled across a picture of a cake of waffles, held together by cream cheese frosting, with maple syrup drizzled on top. I turned the phone to my husband, we gave each other a look, and then I was off to the store to get the good to make that scrumptious dessert! Long story short, we didn’t eat half of it and we felt sick for about 3 days. We still think of that cake sometimes….

5 Get out the house!

Sometimes just leaving your house- to do anything- will be just what you needed to whisk away the boredom! Go on a walk, go get a coffee, even go to the grocery store to pick up some milk. Yesterday, Josh and I were just chilling around the house after work, babe was getting grumpy, so we decided to run to TJ Maxx just to get a dog bed for our dog, Judah. The change of scenery was just was our toddler needed and our dog got a new bed thanks to our boredom.

6 Look up a random tutorial on Youtube and learn something new!

This could be anything from learning a new song on an instrument, to origami, to maybe even making that epic dessert together! Whenever I want to learn something new (like for blogging, sewing, makeup tutorials, etc.) I hit up YouTube and watch someone else do it first. Whenever Josh learns a new song on his guitar, he studies other guitarist on YouTube first to try to get the technique down. We also reference YouTube when our toilet breaks- about once a month…

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7 Get active!

Sometimes when there’s nothing better to do, getting active beets all else. Like I said earlier, Josh and I have made a whole bunch of not-so-hard lifestyle changes like what we buy at the grocery store and how much time a week we spend being active. Most couples have date nights, but many of our nights out include a trip to the gym. That might not be romantic to most, but getting that time away from home with my BFF and being active together is a way we LOVE to spend our free time, and we feel a lot less guilty about it than when we go to the movies and eat and drink junk. (I will admit that just we week, however, we saw BOTH The Jungle book and Zootopia. Both are amazing, we highly recommend. But keep in mind that we love “kid” movies).

What do you and your significant other do when there’s just nothing good to do? Have you ever made your own epic dessert before? What was it and how far did you get before you got sick??

Leave your two cents in the comments below and share with a bored couple in need!

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  1. Elyse says

    April 21, 2016 at 10:27 am

    We go and walk around a bookstore!

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 4:56 pm

      Yes! Bookstores are awesome!

      Reply
  2. Amberly says

    April 21, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    I love ALL of these ideas! So much fun to do things with your spouse!

    Reply
  3. Jessy says

    April 28, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    Love these ideas! Just found your blog and am loving it! 🙂
    xo, Jessy
    http://www.currentbliss.com

    Reply
    • Sue says

      July 6, 2016 at 5:46 pm

      I love this post and am happy I somehow found you!

      Reply
  4. robin masshole mommy says

    May 9, 2016 at 4:01 pm

    Lucky for me, I live in an awesome part of the country so we could never run out of things to do even if we tried 🙂

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 5:06 pm

      That’s so great! Whereabouts do you guys live?? We would love to move to a funner part of the country someday! Josh really misses his home state of WA. It’s so beautiful there!

      Reply
  5. karen says

    May 9, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    Now that the weather is improving in Cleveland, we are finally able to get outside more! Thats one of our fave things to do – and love how its on your list because its simple-but a great chill time to be together!
    Karen | GlamKaren.com

    Reply
  6. michele says

    May 9, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    This is a great post with a lot of good ideas. Even if couples can get out of the house and walk around it’s always a good bonding experience. Great post xx Michele

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 4:54 pm

      Yes yes yes, getting out of the house is so important! Sometimes when we veg around the house, our brains can just turn off!

      Reply
  7. Terri Steffes says

    May 9, 2016 at 7:34 pm

    Read! Do a puzzle! Work in the yard! Create an interesting coffee drink! Walk the dog together. Take a walk around the nieghborhood! I love all your ideas. See how they inspired me?

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 4:56 pm

      Love these suggestions!

      Reply
  8. Ana De- Jesus says

    May 9, 2016 at 9:17 pm

    I think that getting active is a great way of motivating each other. As exercise releases endorphins it is a sure fire way to get to know each other in a positive environment!

    Reply
  9. Blythe A. says

    May 10, 2016 at 2:36 am

    I love how creative these ideas are. You don’t have to make big plans, you can do something simple together and still have a fun memorable experience.

    Reply
  10. Amanda Love says

    May 10, 2016 at 2:56 am

    Those are great idea. I would also say go for a drive, you may be surprised at all the little things you never noticed when you’re just driving without a destination in mind.

    Reply
  11. Amanda says

    May 10, 2016 at 3:01 am

    I love these ideas. Porch sitting is always my favorite. Especially this time of year.

    Reply
  12. Denea says

    May 10, 2016 at 3:41 am

    Me and my husband are random and we can have fun by making a playlist and singing all the songs! That is why I love my spotify!

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 4:53 pm

      Me tooo! Josh ( my husband ) so so good at creating awesome playlists whether its for a road trip, a specific event, or just chilling at home. Music makes everything better!

      Reply
  13. Di says

    May 10, 2016 at 4:26 am

    Great ideas! For us it’s usually something active like walking, hiking, or swimming. We like to be moving…

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 4:51 pm

      I so agree! Being active is a great way to inspire conversation, not to mention keep you healthy and happy!

      Reply
  14. tpkeane says

    May 10, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    I love finding random things to spruce up, my husband, not so much. But we love going for long walks together.

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 4:50 pm

      That’s great! Long walks being the best conversations!

      Reply
  15. Rachel says

    May 10, 2016 at 6:15 pm

    These are good ideas! We like to grab the kids and dog and go for a hike in the woods.

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 6:17 pm

      Yay! So do we! It’s one of the only ways to burn our dog’s energy ;D

      Reply
  16. jill conyers says

    May 10, 2016 at 7:45 pm

    These are great ideas. We rarely have a hard time finding things to do. I see a few ideas I haven’t thought of. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 8:10 pm

      Yay I hope you two get tik to try them!

      Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 8:10 pm

      Yay I hope you two get to to try them!

      Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 8:10 pm

      Yay I hope you two get to try them!

      Reply
  17. Debra says

    May 10, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    We have a porch swing and we love to go out and swing and talk. It is our favorite thing to do!

    Reply
    • Chelsea says

      May 10, 2016 at 8:09 pm

      I have always wanted a porch swing! That’s great!

      Reply
  18. KRYSTLE COOK says

    May 10, 2016 at 9:24 pm

    I love these ideas. I try to get my husband to clean when we are bored. That’s usually a no go.

    Reply
  19. MICHEL says

    May 12, 2016 at 3:58 am

    I LOVE THE IDEA OF SPRUCE UP THE HOUSE AND WORK ON IT TOGETHER…. ITS SO MUCH MORE FUN WHEN WE WORK ON THINGS TOGETHER!

    Reply
  20. Mimi says

    May 12, 2016 at 11:09 am

    These are some great ideas! My hubby and I are often asking each other what we should do. I love the one about watching a YouTube video and then doing that project! We’d never be able to create a Spotify list together. hahaha His music makes me nuts. =)

    Reply
  21. Martika @ Coffee Time With Him says

    June 24, 2017 at 4:43 pm

    I laughed so hard at the crazy ice cream dessert story because that’s what my husband and I do. We give each other this look like it’s about to get crazy in the kitchen lol sometimes, my husband and I like to drive out to the river near us and walk up and down on it. It’s a big river so we can’t cover the whole thing but there’s one area that has lots of restaurants and there’s always an event happening there. Sometimes, we go there just to hear the music outside. It’s a beautiful spot and very relaxing! Thanks for sharing the post and the good laugh! I needed that!

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That year I decided to start my blog. I kept it a secret for a while because I was embarrassed. I didn’t want anyone to think, “Who does she think she is? We’ve known her for years and she thinks she has something to say??”

But - I loved it! I wrote posts on everything! Random pizza recipes, how my run went that day, marriage, motherhood - I had absolutely no direction. But, I started sharing my blog and got a bunch of great feedback on my marriage and family posts. So, I decided to focus on that because that was, afterall, my favorite thing to write about anyway.

A few months later, I started pinning my posts on Pinterest and educating myself on what it meant to blog well, set up posts for good SEO, how to engage an audience, etc. I had a couple posts go viral on Pinterest and for a few months I had over 350,000 views on my blog/month.

Way late in the game, I started posting to Instagram in 2017. By then we had 2 babies and I had been working with brands for a while so I was able to quit my (at the time) part-time job to stay home with them which I was stoked about! 

Later that year, we packed up our stuff and moved to WA. The original plan was for Josh to find work and for me to continue blogging & be a SAHM. But, after several months later and finding it much harder for Josh to find work than we anticipated, I told him, "Hey, don't feel bad, I don't want you to feel pressure. I will look for work to take some of the pressure off."

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✖️ Choosing to not attend (and have a voice in) important meetings because it's easier to get a memo about it later.

 ✖️ Choosing not to get coffee with a person because it could get awkward if you don't know what to say.

✖️ Snoozing the alarm rather than waking up earlier to workout and make health a priority. 

✖️ Not approaching a homeless person with a bag of lunch because it's hard to look them in the eye when you have so much. 

✖️ Avoiding inviting a friend or family member into your home for an extended period of time so they can get back on their feet.

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