Fondness and Admiration Challenge: Week 4, Day 3

Here is my next installment of the John Gottman Principle #2 Fondness and Admiration Challenge!

Week 4, Day 3:

1. Thought: I am proud of my family.
2. Task: Recall a specific time when you especially felt this pride.
3. Response: I am proud of my family right now! I thanked my wife for making our kids awesome and for everything that she does that makes me proud of them. It’s a broad answer, I know, but true!
4. Reaction: She wondered what I noticed to make me say that. My takeaway from her reaction was that it is out of character for me to use words of affirmation with her so when I do it feels out of place. I need to exercise that muscle more! Challenges like this can really help make this kind of language a habit!