How to keep Long-Term Relationships Exciting

     I’m going to speak from my perspective along with some input from friends,  Most people romanticize being swept off our feet and falling in love and living happily ever after.  What we don’t know or aren’t taught is that we have to build our own happily ever after by taking steps to truly understand what a relationship means to you and what you want out of a long term romantic relationship.  However, Day 1 is not going to look like Day 2,364 because over time feelings change.  Change is something that’s a natural course of life; it doesn't make change a bad thing.  The heart racing and fireworks along with the exhilarating rush of falling in love is not permanent.  Just because those happy feelings don’t disappear, they say locked in your memory because the feel good and they simply evolve.  The first excitement in a relationship is not only for the first couple of months or years it is ongoing and you must put the work in to make it happen. When you are engaged in a long-term relationship or planning a relationship we must put he hard work in. You might ask what is the hard work, you have to define what that means in your relationship. We chose our partners, its our responsibility to find ways to maintain the excitement of being in love and strong feelings of passion and intimacy, this is not one sided both parties must be invested in he relationship. Although you have to be prepared and aware of avoiding certain behaviors, habits, and traps that couples commonly fall into the longer you stay together.  Stayin in love is not perfect it can mean taking the hard road and separating from negative and past influences.  This also means facing our fears, our subconscious, fears about intimacy, if necessary seek couples counseling.  When going strong and putting up a good fight for our relationship means being strong-willed about not getting in our own way of staying close to someone.  Below are six tips: 1. Make time for each other 2.Try new things 3.Show your love 4. Keep your own identity 5.Open communication 6. Remember to generous.  I would like you to take a self-assessment and see how you are doing. Please share below if you like or write it down and keep it or discard it, just try it.