If A Busy Life You Both Irritable? Learn To Take a “One Minute” Vacation

To get closer to your significant other during those times when life gets busy takes planning and forethought. One way is to develop a habit of inviting each other to take “one minute” vacation. You should initiate it in the moment of stress and disconnection. Look into each other's eyes and repeat together, "I am at the center of myself" or "Everything will be all right." Rub each other's necks for thirty seconds apiece. Give each other a full body hug. Close your eyes and remember a happy, peaceful moment you shared in the past. Put on a piece of music, hold hands, and do nothing for at least one song.

Touching nature is the best “one minute vacation” of all because it gives you a good sense of perspective and grounding. When life is dissolving around you and the last thing you want to do is be nice to each other, take a moment and step outside. Look at the sky or look at a tree or look at a bush, a rock, a flower but just look. You might want to hold hands. Remember, you do not have to live in the mountains or on the seashore to do this; your backyard will do quite nicely.