The Money Couple Minute - Reviving Your Dreams

The loss of your financial dreams might not seem like a crisis, but think about it for a minute. Why is there tension in your financial relationship? Because you aren't living the life you hoped to live. Somewhere along the line, the dreams you and your partner had early in your relationship have faded away. The loss of those dreams is the starting point for much of the financial conflict we see in couples. If you want to get your financial relationship back on track, you need revisit those dreams and maybe add a few new ones.

Make a date with your partner to do a little dreaming. What do you want the future to look like? Do you want to travel? Send your kids to college? Own a house? Support your aging parents? Stay home with your kids? Move? Start a company? Whatever it is, talk about it. Then start planning how you can make it happen. There are all kinds of financial planning calculators online that can help you figure out how to save and invest to make your dreams a reality.

Our dream is to spend the first year of our retirement living in different cities around the world. We are a long way from retirement, but we're already saving for the day we can pack our bags and live out that dream.