5 WAYS COUPLES CAN FACE THE HOLIDAY SEASON AS A TEAM

Holidays like christmas usually come with so much joy but accompanied with stress too. As a couple, how you manage the stress can either make you more united as a team or tear you apart.

If you and your partner are finding it hard to face the holidays together, here are 5 ways you can get direction on how to work together rather than provoking each other.

SET EXPECTATIONS TOGETHER

As a couple, what do you want this holiday season to be like? You may prefer it simple and easy or full of activities. Create time to discuss this ahead of time and make decisions on what to expect. These include the amount you intend to spend on gifts, where you want the celebration, and even what is on the menu. It is easier for some couples to get along while some require a certain level of compromise.

DEVOTE TIME TOGETHER

Do not lose out the time you have with each other in the craziness of the holidays. Spend more quality time with each other. Plan outings together and be committed to follow it. Time spent together keeps you bonded in stressful moments.

SERVE OTHERS TOGETHER

Holidays give you the opportunity to give off our energy and resources into others. It could be serving food or distributing gifts at an orphanage home, taking care of the elderly ones at the old people’s home, visiting the widows, volunteering at a church service, or Operation Christmas Child, always plan to do so together. Time spent serving others will have positive impacts in your community and bring life-long shared memories.

DREAM TOGETHER

Dreaming together allows you to rub minds together. The holidays, even prior to New Year’s Day, are perfect times to sit together and share ideas as to what’s next for you as a couple and for the family. Talk about your short and long term goals and how you intend to accomplish them or discuss things you both would want to do together. Dreaming together helps you not to forget what your aims are in the midst of holiday stress.

TACKLE DISPUTE TOGETHER

Holidays can be period where disputes easily begin to develop whether it’s a friction between the two of you or among extended family. The way you handle disagreements will determine the condition of your relationship. Decide to deal with conflicts with an “us-against-the-problem” attitude instead of a “me versus you” mentality.

This holiday season, choose to approach all activities in oneness and you will find it the best season ever.