Seven Tips For Spring Cleaning Your Relationship

Relationships aren’t always perfect, and while most of us are still adjusting to our partners, issues will arise. What better way to spring forward, than to reevaluate your relationship and start fresh.  Decluttering and unpacking your personal life of extra baggage can help move your relationship to the next level in more ways than one.

Whether you’re in a new relationship, engaged, or happily married for years, spring is the time of year to make things new again. Making room for life’s new experiences by inviting good energy into your personal space is a start.  Here are seven tips to help spring clean your relationship.

1. Start Fresh- Clear the air of all issues, misunderstandings, and frustrations when given the opportunity.  While most conversations are avoidable, there comes a time when you have to lay your cards on the table. Be honest, and speak up. Your partner may be experiencing some of the same feelings as you but don’t know how to express them.

2. Break bad habits- Those bad habits that your partners complain about can be a deal breaker. Learning to adjust isn’t that bad when the goal is to grow together. If those habits are harder to break, try supporting your partner in making it a long term goal rather than a requirement at the moment, and get help if you require it.

3. Check in more often- We all get busy, but it wouldn’t hurt to check in from time to time. The goal in most relationships and marriages is never to stop dating! A simple text, phone call, box of chocolates, or a nice email can make all the difference.  Effort goes a long way, especially when you don’t have to try hard.

4. Keep what’s working for you- It can be helpful to stay on board with what works in your relationship. Do what feels right for the both of you and keep pouring into it.  Try to encourage what your partner does right more so than what they do wrong. The positive always outweighs the negative, so feed into that good energy.

5. Try new experiences- New experiences are always exciting for a relationship. Staying home cuddling can be fun, but routinely gets old. Try planning a weekend getaway, going on a couples retreat, or just switch things up a bit with like-minded friends.

6. Create better memories- Make new commitments together.  Create a plan and try sticking to it. Whether it’s something as simple as a  date night on Wednesdays, or taking a vacation once every three months, it might be what your relationship needs. Never be afraid to stop and smell the roses, and re-energize your relationship.

7. Maintain a healthy relationship- Maintaining a healthy relationship is staying faithful to the bond that you have developed with your partner. Never lose sight of their feelings, emotions, and what he/she means to you.