Christmas and New Year are around the corner, meaning the holiday season is closer than ever. The season is a time to relax, have fun, laugh, and connect with people that matter, including your spouse.
Speaking of connection, if you know it’s been a busy year for you and people around you have been affected, especially your spouse, you can create time to refresh your relationship with them and rekindle the fire.
This will create ways to build lasting memories together. While this might seem like a lot of work to do, at first, there are easy ways to go about it.
Let’s talk about them.
1. Have a plan
If you don’t have a plan, you might spend more than half the time overthinking how hard it can be to close the gap. Life can get really busy, and your relationship will continue to suffer until you take a few steps back intentionally to create a schedule or reminder.
2. Talk
A great way to refresh your relationship with your spouse is by creating time to talk with them after such a wide gap is a good way to reignite the spark. The holiday season is a good time to have deep conversations and discuss what you’ve both been up to, your goals, dreams, and memories.
Focus on each other and eliminate distractions to feel closer and deeply connected.
3. A date
What does he or she love? Plan something that you both will find appealing, like a movie date, lunch date, dinner date, a walk, or something straightforward and warm.
The aim of the date should be to take time and enjoy each other’s company and reminisce on how things started for you both. This will undeniably set the plan to refresh your relationship in motion.
4. Do something together
You can paint, water the garden, cook new recipes, bake, or create a bucket list and try everything on that list. Word on the street is people who do things together tend to bond more. What a great way to refresh your relationship, right?
5. Create a routine/tradition
What happens after the holiday? Will things return to how they once were, or will you try to keep the bond stronger?
Create a tradition that’ll engage you both daily, weekly, or monthly. It could be saying “I love you,” going on a date during the week or giving each other thoughtful and durable gifts.
Above all, these steps, if followed, should keep your bond stronger and deepen your connection.
