21 Ways to Spring-Clean Your Long-Term Relationship

To reengage with each other and make sure you're still heading in the same general direction, plan a night to visualize and set goals together. It's OK to have some different objectives, but if you plan to stay together for the long haul, your goals should be somewhat complementary. Talk through any differences that arise.

Taking a short vacation with your SO can introduce you both to new sights and sounds, helping to put some excitement back into your lives. Get in the car and just drive — see where the weekend takes you.

If you always go out to eat, try a fitness class. Or if you tend to have romantic nights in, go dancing. Try something that's outside of your comfort zone.

Many couples spend a lot of their time together in separate worlds. The benefits of unplugging from time to time are enormous. Dedicate just one day to unplugging completely so you can be fully immersed in your day with your lover.

You know what we're talking about. Spice things up by trying something new in the bedroom. Keep the lines of communication open to make the experience not only physically fun, but emotionally intriguing as well.

Spending time in nature can help you reconnect to yourself and your SO. Research local hiking spots in your area and get out there!

It can be enormously attractive to connect with your partner in a situation you normally wouldn't find them in. Decide upon a place — perhaps a bar or a park — and go there separately, dressed as you would if you were looking to hook up. Treat each other as if you were strangers and try your hardest to take the other person home.

Get a room at a swanky hotel in your town and enjoy a sexy couple's staycation!

Massages are good for your body, and giving your partner a massage can be a great way to spice things up. Take a workshop and learn to give each other massages. What you do next is up to you!

Yoga and meditation studios often host gong baths, which are essentially concerts featuring traditional gongs. These events can be pretty intensely meditative. Go to one with your partner and set an intention to let go of anything that's holding you back in your relationship.

Collect a bunch of relevant artifacts from your life together as it is right now. Place them into a shoebox, along with a personalized letter from each of you to the other person. Open it five or 10 years down the line.

Clear your home of negative energy. Decide right then and there not to let any lingering negativity hamper your relationship.

Decide together to Spring-clean your apartment or house by getting rid of anything that no longer serves you. Declutter your personal items together and decide which to donate, which to sell, and which to recycle.

If you live together, consider making a big change by switching up your furniture's positioning in your home. A rearranged living space makes everything feel new and fresh.

Spring-clean your body by doing a healthy-body, healthy-mind cleanse for two. Spend one or two weeks preparing wholesome foods together, and set a rule to unplug from your technology after work each day.

There's nothing quite as sweet as watching your SO as a little kid. Get together to watch home movies of each other as children.

Pick a book you've always wanted to read and read aloud to each other.