Generally, summer vacation is the most awaited period of the year by everyone. It is a time to rest, relax, gather strength for the whole year and spend time with family and friends.
Even so, in many cases, during the summer vacations, conflicts arise that, throughout the year, due to work routines and daily life, remain in the background. In summer, on the other hand, the fact of having to spend more time with friends and family generates high expectations, so that tolerance to setbacks decreases.
Guidelines for avoiding conflict during the vacations
To avoid conflicts or to deal with them, there are a number of tips that can be followed during these summer months:
- Do not idealize the vacation, expecting all the initial expectations to be fulfilled.
- Increase communication between the couple.
- Be flexible in the face of any change, allowing to modify the plans according to the interests that appear.
- To leave space and time to develop individual activities, to maintain the interest of one for the other.
- Respect the spaces of all family members, including children.
- Remember that parents also need to be alone without their children for a few days and children also need to be able to be alone without their parents for a few days. Everyone benefits in this way.
- Promote intimacy, leaving space and time to enjoy the couple.
- It is important to remember that there are margins of error in everything. In this sense, accepting setbacks or seeing them as an anecdote can help us.
- Restart good habits: physical exercise, balanced diet, quitting smoking, etc.
This way, when you return from vacation, it will be easier to cope with the well-known post-holiday depression syndrome.