I date my wife. We go out on a date at least once a week. It's important for the long term stability of our relationship and marriage. It's definitely meaningful beyond the instrumental value. I can't recommend it highly enough.

This is cute! I do something similar with my girlfriend, since we're both so busy (me with a new job, her with one last year of college). Do you have a specific day you like to go on a date, or is it flexible as long as you do it once per week?

We did the 'reserved time' approach for awhile. It was nice to have a day or an evening that I knew I would get to spend with her. We fell out of that habit for awhile, I should talk to her about starting that again!

As a whole, I didn't realize you were so religious! That's cool, though :) I suppose your rituals are more actual rituals than mine!

Exercise - This is a no brainer. I should, but don't... and I have no explanation for it. There are some plans in the works...

If you can floss to save money (and for your health), just try to apply the same mindset here! Maybe you could combine this with yoga and start a bedtime ritual of calisthenics? Or with audiobooks, if your goal in reading is to just consume the information