Congratulations as you have recently got married. Though you are in a complete bliss to marry a man of your dreams, and happy to find a loving mother-in-law who treats you like her own daughter. Still, you might find it challenging to maintain a balance between newly married life and work if you are a full-time employee. Agreeing to the fact that striking a balance between work and married life is not an easy task for a newlywed bride but it’s not that impossible if you follow few effective tips. After all, as a newlywed, it’s your prime responsibility to devote significant time to your relationship along with your career.
Here, are few tips and guidance that would prove beneficial for all the newlywed females who want to balance a demanding career perfectly without sacrificing emotional bond and quality time with their spouses as a relationship needs constant efforts to blossom and come out stronger.
• Leave work at the workplace
Marriage comes first, agree? To have a peaceful and successful married life, ensure you don’t bring work at home. When you are at home, release yourself free from all the work stress and spend quality time with your life partner. Talk about your hobbies and interests, share your childhood memories, communicate about your college life but make it a rule to not discuss work. There are many other important things and people at home that demands your undivided attention and time.
• Set your morning free
How you start your day matters most as a good start of your morning emotionally brightens up your whole day. In order to enjoy a cup of coffee or tea with your partner, spend a little time packing your bag, keeping important files, ironing your clothes, chopping vegetables etc. Before you doze off to bed. Remember, these small steps would help you to bring closer to your partner.
• Be present without any distraction
As a newlywed bride, you need to spend valuable time with your better half to build a sense of comfort and understanding between you both. Don’t think about what is going on in your life, how will you manage everything, or what will you boss say for not fulfilling the set goal and so on, when you are with your husband and family members. Go slow. Listen carefully and patiently. Respond politely to whatever has been asked. Show that you are interested in having a meaningful conversation with them.
• Do something together
It is a major step which you can take to maintain a balance between your marriage and work. Plan out something to do together. It might be night walks, painting or singing, enjoying a campfire on the beautiful beach, cooking together or watering garden to enjoy each other company in complete solitude. Your spouse would feel happy and fall in more in love with you acknowledging you value him more than anything else.
• Stay connected during the day
Women of today’s era know that relationship and work are equally important for the emotional and mental well being. It’s all about managing everything smartly and smoothly. You, as a newlywed bride, can choose to stay connected with your spouse from your workplace through phone calls, video chats, messages or email. Believe it! Your partner will definitely get awestruck and feel blessed to have you as his life partner who cares for him.
• Organise date for your partner
Give special treatment to your partner once a week to show that he is the best thing that has ever happened to you. If you are finding it difficult to go outside, plan a romantic date in your private space. Decorate the whole ambiance. Light candles, hide gifts and ask him to search, cook delicious food of his choice. Cuddle together, dance, talk sweet nothings, hug and express your love as it is that time where you can lay a strong foundation for successful marriage.
• Ask your partner’s help
Don’t need to feel guilty as there is no one who can manage each and every task on one’s own. When it comes to striking a balance between married life and work, don’t hesitate to communicate with your partner for executing the ways by which you both can enjoy a happy married life. Being a newlywed bride, it’s essential because you are not aware of how they do certain things and you need your partner to help you out. Divide the task between you and your partner so that you don’t feel stressed for managing the household chores. Stay together…Work together…grow together and make memories together..