Couples have been quarantining at home for the past four months.
You’ve been isolating at home trying to stay safe and keep your loved ones safe. But after several months of continually being together in close quarters, all that coziness may start to feel overwhelming.
How do you continue to stay home, stay safe and stay happy? There are many things that you can do to maintain a healthy relationship. Here are 4 tips that I recommend to help couples survive the pandemic.
#1: Maintain a Self Care Routine
The first thing you want to do is take care of yourself. Get up and show up for yourself each day. Set up and maintain some sort of routine. It might not be a bad idea to to put on something other than pajamas during the day. Be sure you get enough sleep and take breaks when needed. Stay active and eat nutritious foods. Set boundaries and find one thing to do each day that you enjoy. When you take better care of you, you are able to appreciate and enjoy those around you.
#2: Put Limitations on Your Work Day
For couples who are working from home, it will help to set boundaries between work hours and the time you spend together. Try to keep personal and professional work spaces separate. If possible, have separate work spaces and be intentional about the time you spend together. Limit your interactions during the day so you can look forward to spending time together at the end of your day.
#3: Don’t Skip The Romance!
You should check in with your partner regularly. Even if you know your partner extremely well, we are all experiencing something that we’ve never experienced before.
Finding time to become physically intimate can become increasingly difficult under the umbrella of all this chaos. This is time where flexibility and creativity are key.
Get up early or go to bed late in order to find that quiet time that you need together.
Send flowers or leave love notes where each of you can find them.
Send a steamy text message during the middle of the day that will definitely set the mood for later that night. Remember intimacy is a way for the two of you to stay connected.
#4: The Couple that Prays Together
I recommend that you make prayer an important part of your daily routine. You should keep your communication and connection with God open and intact by praying as a couple and praying individually. Since things have slowed down, take advantage of this opportunity to be more connected and aware of how God is working in your lives. You should also use this time to continue to seek your divine purpose as a couple.
Final Thoughts
The pandemic won’t last forever. Focusing on your relationship and making yourself a priority can leave couples better off once this pandemic is over and things begin to feel more like normal. These are definitely uncertain times and it is ok to make up the rules as you go, as long as you consider and maintain the respect and integrity that you have for yourself and for each other. Using these few simple tips can have a significant impact on your relationship. Remember, healthy relationships don’t just happen, they need to be nurtured and cultivated in order to grow.
Well written, nice tips!