11. Enjoy your alone time and your time with your
friends and family.
You are alone but you are not lonely, unless you
choose to feel like it. You don’t have to let your world revolve around your
partner — you still have you, your friends and your family. Take this time
apart to do more with your friends and family. Go to the gym more often. Get a new
hobby. Binge-watch shows. There are plenty of things for you to do that doesn’t
involve your partner.
12. Stay honest with each other.
Talk about your feelings of fear, insecurity,
jealousy, apathy, whatsoever. If you try to hide anything from your partner,
that secret will sooner or later swallow you up from inside out. Don’t try to
deal with things all by yourself. Be open and honest with each other. Let your
partner help you and give you the support you need. it’s better to look at the
problem during its initial stage than to only disclose it when it’s all too
late.
13. Know each other’s schedules.
It’s helpful to know when the other person is busy
and when he/she is free, so that you can drop a text or make a call at the
right time. You wouldn’t want to disturb your partner when he/she is in the
middle of class or halfway through a business meeting. Know the small and big
events that are taking place or will take place in each other’s life e.g.
college mid-terms and exams, important business trips and meetings, job
interviews and etc. This is especially essential when the both of you are
living in different time zones.
14. Keep track of each other’s social media
activities.
Like each other’s photos on Facebook and Instagram.
Tweet each other. Tag each other. Share things on each other’s walls. Show that
you care. Be cool about stalking each other.
15. Gift a personal object for the other person to
hold on to.
There is power in a memento. Be it a small pendent,
a ring, a keychain, a CD of songs and videos, or a bottle of fragrance. We
often attach meanings to the little things and items found in our everyday
life, whether knowingly or not. This is what we all do — we try to store
memories in physical things, in hope that when our mind fails us, we can look
or hold on to something that will help us remember. This is why something so
simple can mean so much to a person, when others may see little or no value in
it.
16. Get a good messaging app.
This is extremely important because texting is the
most frequent and common way of communication the two of you have. You need a
good messaging app on your phones that allow interactions beyond just words and
emoticons.
Personally, I use this messaging app called LINE. I
find it highly effective because it has a huge reserve of playful and very
funny “stickers” that are free for its users to use. You can also go to the
app’s “Sticker Shop” to download extra stickers of different themes (e.g. Hello
Kitty, Pokemon, Snoopy, MARVEL and etc.) at a low price. From time to time, the
app also gives out free sticker sets for different promotions. This messaging
app is cute and easy to learn to use.
17. Snail-mail it!
Mail each other postcards and hand-written love
letters. Send each other gifts across the globe from time to time. Flower
deliveries on birthdays, anniversaries and Valentine’s Day. Shop online and
surprise each other with cool T-shirts, sexy underwears and such.
18. Stay positive.
You need to be constantly injecting positive energy
into the long distance relationship to keep it alive. Yes, the waiting can be
painful and you can sometimes feel lonesome but you need to remind yourself
that the fruits at the end will be sweet as heaven. One good trick to staying
positive is to be grateful all the time. Be thankful that you have someone to
love — someone who also loves you back. Be thankful for the little things, like
the hand-made letter that arrived safely in your mailbox the other day. Be thankful
for each other’s health and safety.
19. Keep each other updated on each other’s friends
and family.
Because gossips and scandals are always the best
things to go on and on about.
20. Video-call whenever possible.
Because looking into each other’s eyes and hearing
each other’s voices can make everything feel alright again.
21. Give each other pet names.
Because it’s cute. It keeps the lovey-dovey going
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