# Productive Relationships I use the term "Productive Relationship" to mean a relationship that is still being actively nurtured/grown. What exactly is being nurtured or grown? I ask myself these general questions: - Are we being supportive friends in challenging times? - Are we regularly getting to know each other better (not just as characters but also in terms of what's happening in each other's lives) - Are we keeping each other genuine to who we say we are trying to be? - Are we making an effort to keep the relationship growing? - Are we able to be more and more honest as we nurture the relationship? This does not necessarily mean that relationships that have a 'pause' are not productive. To me those are simply [[Dormant Relationships]]. Unlike [[Expired Relationships]] where it has stopped growing and exists only in the past. --- To have a conversation with me about this note, email me at [email protected] To understand why I chose to use email over comments, [[Why I'm using email instead of comments|read this]]. Date Created/Updated: [[ 2024-01-21 |21st January 2024 ]] @ 11.33am