How to Enjoy Long Distance Relationship

(and continue doing so when you are together already plus caution! long notes after)

1. Form good habits. Be consistent. Do things that make your special someone happy. Say and do things that will put a smile on his/her face. Appreciate him/her and his/her efforts. Be grateful that he/she is in your life even though you are currently far from each other.
2. Agree of a time you can talk to each other or just be with each other (especially when you have different time zones). Even it is only online for now, quality time is still quality time and it is very important. There are times you just want to do things together (sometimes even not doing anything but just looking and smiling to each other and having some fun). Even trivial/ordinary things means so much cause it make you feel that you are a indeed a part of each other’s life.
3. Always remember that you will be together soon. Imagine the things you will and want to do together. Talk about it. Visualize. Plan. Imagine fun and funny things and laugh together.
4. Spice things up. #1 is about habits, routines, consistency but try not to be boring. Surprise him/her once in a while not once in a blue moon. Be enthusiastic. Excitement is always good, it energizes your soul, makes you look forward to the day you’ll be together physically.
5. Trust him/her. Give him/her “me time” just as much as you need your own. Support him/her on the things he/she wants to do and need to accomplish (especially if it is about his/her work, his/her passion or a part of improving himself/herself).
6. Communicate effectively. Share about your day, your thoughts etc. Ask him/her about his/her day, his/her thoughts/opinion on current events, anything you both find interesting. Listen to him/her. Pay attention. You want to understand him/her and make him/her feel that even if you are far from each other, you are always “one call away”. Make sure that he/she knows, feel and see that you are always there whenever he/she needs someone to talk or listen to him/her. There is no such thing as over communicating, only bad communication which  may result to misunderstanding but you can always clear things as long as both of you are willing to talk, listen and genuinely try to understand each other.
7. Continue the good habits you formed when you are already together. No one is perfect but your relationship is the outcome of the choices, habits (things you do) as a couple. You can only get something if you invest something and manage it well. But you cannot manage it and win the odds alone. Giving up is not an option unless you are left alone in the fight. Never make your partner feel that he/she is alone.