Want to make your partner feel special? Check out these awesome tips to celebrate your partner’s success!
Celebrations are a vital part of all relationships. It’s an important reminder to look at the brighter side of life. By focusing on celebrating achievements, big or small, one takes an extra step towards better mental health and adds another layer of trust and understanding with their partner. When it comes to romantic relationships, the dynamics also see an improvement, leading to long-term happiness.
When we consciously focus on our victories, endorphins (happy hormones) are released to give us a feel-good factor and a motivator in the future. This way, celebrating our wins, be it as small as ticking off their weekly to-do list, promotes harmony in relationships leading to a healthy emotional state.
Let’s take a look at the best ideas
Gifts
Giving a thoughtful gift acts as a token of appreciation and a souvenir for the celebratory achievement. Gifts need not always be expensive. One can keep it simple according to their partner’s preferences. For example, if your partner likes to read novels, you could give them a novel or a bookmark. If your partner was looking for something specific in recent times, for example, coasters, you can gift it to them. Gifts can always be fun, a keepsake like a photo frame or something that can be useful in daily life.
Trips/Vacation
A rejuvenating way of celebrating achievements is letting go of stress. Short trips or long vacations are a great way to relax. Going away from routine life and mundane activities for the weekend helps the mind and body to truly unwind. As a partner, you can book a trip to a nearby hill station or plan a week-long vacation. A thoughtful way to do so is to take care of all the bookings such as hotel bookings, planning activities, etc before revealing the surprise to your partner.
Lunch or dinner dates
A quick and easy way to remind your partner of their success is by sharing their favourite meal with them at their favourite restaurant. A lunch, dinner or even breakfast date can be ideal as per your partner’s preferences and health concerns. If looking for a specific restaurant is a hassle, you can try a new place for a new experience. You can read online reviews to help reach your decision before finalising a place.
Cooking for your partner
One of the ways to alleviate stress for yourself and your partner is cooking their favourite dish. To further elevate your surprise, you can also decorate the house for a delightful time. To take it up a notch, you can spread some rose petals on the dining table, light a couple of scented candles and use fairy lights. While eating, you can dim the main lights and play soulful music to heighten your experience.
Spending quality time together
More often than not, some partners just need to feel heard and seen. A good way to acknowledge your partner’s wins is by spending quality time with them. As per your choices, it can be watching a movie together, cooking together, going for a couple’s massage, going through an old photo album or simply talking to each other undisturbed. During this time, it is quintessential to keep distractions to a minimum, which involves keeping your phone turned off or on silent or DND mode.
Writing a heartfelt letter
Written words still carry a unique power. In romantic relationships where communication is of the highest importance, cute love letters act as a helping hand to keep the spark alive. Love letters are also a way of expressing how much you value your partner. You can also include some words of affirmation and praise them for their wins. The best part about a letter is that your partner can always go back to read it and feel the same excitement all over again!
Throwing a house party
Parties, especially house parties are a thrilling way to surprise your partner. Nothing like celebrating your success with good company and good food. You can invite your partner’s close friends for dinner at your place. Depending on the number of people, you can cook or order food or organize it as a pot-luck party so that everyone comes home with a home-cooked meal. You can keep some beverages handy and play soft music for everyone to enjoy. A good chatter and a good audience is often refreshing. It’ll also give your partner a chance to be in the spotlight as they can share their experience from their struggles and successes. A good network further motivates people to do better in life.
Thoughtful gestures
It’s rightly said that small gestures every day hold more importance than one grand gesture once in a while. The best way to remind your partner about their achievements is by doing simple things every day. It can include, leaving short praises on sticky notes for them to read when you’re not around, helping with their chores, helping with household chores, booking a spa appointment for them, and more.
Capture each moment
Using electronic devices to capture and record each moment makes every win quite special. Photos and videos can be used to share with close friends and family. You or your partner can also upload it on social media to spread joy. Most importantly, photos and videos are a testament to happy times and a quick way to revisit old times. Later, you and your partner can organize the pictures to keep them in a photo album or frame some pictures to put on the walls of your house. Pictures serve as memory-keepers as well as decorate the house with a romantic and jolly look and feel.
FAQs
1. How to choose which idea to use to make my partner feel special?
Choosing one of the above ideas may feel difficult. However, knowing what your partner likes and dislikes will make that choice easy to make. For example, if your partner’s way of relaxing is watching movies, choose to spend quality time with them. But if your partner is quite social, a private gathering with close friends and/or family will be beneficial.
2. Do gifts need to be expensive?
No. A gift is a mix of what your partner would like to receive and what you can afford. When given with love and concern, a diary or journal could also feel special. If time allows, you can also treat your partner with handmade gifts like a card, a photo album, a crocheted keychain and more.
3. Which achievements should be celebrated?
All achievements, big or small, can be celebrated. Small achievements in everyday life include completing difficult tasks, staying regular with their habit of exercising, helping a stranger or learning something new. Big achievements include promotion at the workplace, reaching health and/or financial goals, completing a degree or course, getting a driver’s license, etc.
