People tend to talk about happiness or being happier. This may just be emotional shorthand for wanting to feel safe or content. Contented people will most likely describe themselves as happy people.

Lots of people trade down in life to craft a life filled with more affirmative feelings. If your current housing can be swapped for shelter that meets your needs and costs less you will have more disposable dollars.

Playing golf on the public greenways is more affordable than a private club leaving you with more money. Some people replace the personal trainer at the gym with experts guiding their workout on digital video disks.

One couple scrapped plans for a costly room addition in favor of remodeling an under used room in their home. They had no idea how great this experience would be to both.

Together they picked out colors, painted, and decorated the room. They saved enough money to purchase quality furnishings, designer baby bedding, and baby clothes.

Happiness comes from shared common experiences. This couple collected many moments of joy while they created the room that would shelter their new child.

She laughs about the painting mistakes made tells how much she learned. He has become an expert on everything from cribs to ladybug baby bedding and says it with a smile.

This couple reports that the time they spent together renewed their ability to talk about real life. They were reminded of the dating years when each truly listened to the other.

This serves as an illustration of how sharing a project to accomplish a necessary goal can provide glue for your relationship. The positive outlook inspired and increased the gladness in both partners.

Both mentioned that talking about the baby and how it would grow and change resulted in them talking about the future. More important, they were talking about a shared future.

Couples that can see the coming years as a shared journey are also feeling a heightened sense of security in their trusted partner. We begin to feel as safe as we want to make our children and that promotes harmony and happiness in each other.

When are goals, hopes, and dreams are important to our partner we feel secure. The more trusting we feel may lead to more contentment in our life. In this example there were many moments of delight experienced by this couple even before their bundle of joy arrived to claim the room and their hearts.