When you first met your partner, you were in college or you were only working part-time, you had hours each day to spend with one another and you never had to cancel plans because of work.
Now you are both working full-time and it feels as if you never see each other anymore and you are starting to realize that it may be ruining your relationship.
Life can be hard to juggle sometimes, in some periods you are going to be busier with work and other commitments than others. It can be hard to balance everything–your partner, your family, your work commitments, and hobbies– something is going to be left behind eventually.
However, there are ways to ensure that your relationship stays healthy even if you are both extremely busy.
While you may never find the perfect balance between your work life, relationships, and personal passions, there are ways to ensure that you get closer to a true balance. If your partner works a lot and you are at home, or vice versa, this can present its own individual issues where one partner feels alone and neglected while the other is busy at work every day.
Keep reading to find out how to stop work ruining your relationship.
Contents
- 1 How To Balance Your Work And Relationship
- 1.1 1. Communicate Your Feelings
- 1.2 2. Busy Yourself
- 1.3 3. Be Positive
- 1.4 4. Compensate
- 1.5 5. Be Romantic
- 1.6 6. Spend Quality Time
- 1.7 7. Be Honest
- 1.8 8. Talk About The Future
- 1.9 9. Consider What You Really Want
- 1.10 10. Talk About Your Worries
- 1.11 11. Tell Your Partner You Love Them
- 1.12 12. Talk About Your Dreams
- 1.13 13. Set Boundaries
- 1.14 14. Appreciate Your Significant Other
- 1.15 15. Plan
- 1.16 16. Spend Your Spare Time Together
- 1.17 17. Save Time At Home
- 2 FAQs
- 3 To Sum Up…
How To Balance Your Work And Relationship
“My husband’s job is ruining our marriage.”
Career and work are important, but it is likely that you don’t want it to affect your home life to the point where it ruins your relationship. If you have been dating your partner for a long time, you can become complacent and put your relationship further down on your list of priorities.
However, you are never going to be happy if you don’t reach some kind of balance in your life. There is no way that everything is going to be perfectly balanced all of the time, but it is important that you don’t neglect your relationships for your career. Of course, your career is important, but there are other things in life that are necessary for happiness.
Even if you are tired after long days at work, it is important to try to make time for you and your partner together. Whether it be planning a night away in the city, or meeting for a catch up at lunchtime. Making small changes and commitments together may be all it takes to get your relationship back to a good place. Don’t stop making an effort with each other.
1. Communicate Your Feelings
If you or your partner is extremely busy at work at the moment, it is important that you communicate honestly and openly during this time. Staying on the same page with your significant other is the only way you will get through this difficult period. Make sure to take time together to talk and express your feelings.
2. Busy Yourself
If your workaholic husband is busy and you are at home, it is important to keep yourself busy. Start a new hobby or a course, or look for a new job. In this way, you will stop focusing on how much your partner is working and think about what you want to do with your days instead. This will make for a healthier and happier relationship.
3. Be Positive
It is important that you don’t start to think negatively just because your partner has become busy at work. It is likely that this period will pass and they will soon have more time to spend with you. Assuming the worst will usually make it come true, so try to be positive and make the most of the situation together by spending quality time when you can.
4. Compensate
If both you and your partner are really busy with work commitments, try to come up with a plan to compensate for the lost time. While you are busy at work, send emails to each other, and plan a trip together for when you are free. In this way, you will have something to look forward to together and it will help you to get through this period.
5. Be Romantic
Small romantic gestures can mean the most, especially if you are both busy. Just because you cannot spend all of your time together at the moment, it doesn’t mean that it has to ruin your relationship. Try small romantic gestures and acts of kindness often. Leave a note on your partner’s laptop bag in the morning or have a takeaway delivered to their office.
6. Spend Quality Time
Often, when partners are not busy they do not make the most of the time together. Because you don’t have that much time to spend with your partner because you are both busy at work, you can make up for this by really getting the most out of the time that you do have together. Plan romantic dates or adventures together for your days off.
7. Be Honest
If you are feeling guilty about spending so much time at work and away from your partner, it is important that you are open and honest with your partner about how you are feeling. Every healthy relationship is built on a foundation of honesty, make sure that you express how you are feeling to ensure you are on the same page.
8. Talk About The Future
It can be easy to become overwhelmed by the present moment and to get yourself down by imagining that things are never going to change. Talk to your partner about your future plans together and what you hope it will look like. In this way, you can imagine what things will be like when you break free of this busy period.
9. Consider What You Really Want
It is important to take a look at your life, together with your partner, and to decide whether you are both happy. If you are both passionate about your careers and you love working, the great. However, if you both hate your jobs it may be time to consider making some changes. Find a job with fewer hours and cut down on some of your spendings.
10. Talk About Your Worries
If you are worried or stressed about how your work is ruining your home life, make sure to talk to your partner about this. It is likely that he is feeling the same way and may have been keeping these feelings inside to protect you. Lay everything out on the table and work things out as a team.
11. Tell Your Partner You Love Them
You may feel like it doesn’t matter, but telling your partner that you love them often can make a huge difference in your relationship. You may have become complacent if you have been with your one partner for a long time, but never stopmaking an effort.
12. Talk About Your Dreams
It is important to keep your partner in the picture when it comes to your career dreams, it will be easier for them to support your busy work life if they know what you are working towards.
13. Set Boundaries
It may be helpful to set boundaries when it comes to talking about work, sending emails at home, or checking your phones. Make sure that the time you do spend together is quality time.
14. Appreciate Your Significant Other
Your partner may feel like you don’t appreciate them anymore, especially if you are busy at work and you forget to show appreciation for the things that they do for you. Say thank you and show your gratitude often.
15. Plan
If you are both extremely busy, it is important to compare your calendars at home, so that you can make plans ahead of time.
16. Spend Your Spare Time Together
Even if you don’t usually share the same hobbies, it may be helpful to take up a new one together. If you and your husband work too much, consider joining the same gym or club so you can spend time together in this way.
17. Save Time At Home
Consider implementing time-saving methods at home, such as installing a dishwasher or hiring a cleaner to come to the house one day a week, if you can afford it. This may save you time and ensure that you can spend your time off together.
FAQs
If you are working too much, your job and career can start to seem like the only things that are important in life. You may begin to neglect your relationships with your family and your spouse. Consider when was the last time you sat and enjoyed a leisurely dinner together or went for a walk in the park? If you cannot remember, it is time to make a change.
It is important to remember that there are numerous things in life that need to be maintained in some kind of balance to ensure your happiness. If you neglect your relationships because of work, you are likely going to end up alone and unhappy. Making money and building your career is important, but not important enough to ruin your relationships with your loved ones.
If your job means that you spend long hours in the office every day of the week and you are even called in on the weekends, it may be ruining your relationships. Perhaps it is time to slow down your work schedule and remember to pay attention and spend quality time with your significant other before it is too late.
If your boyfriend works too much, it can be hard for you. Consider whether he does make time for you when he is free, or whether he cancels on plans. If your boyfriend never makes an effort to make you feel loved, it may be time to consider whether he is right for you and whether he is really making you happy. If not, make the decision to walk away.
When your partner is too busy with work to spend time with you, it can be extremely hard. It is important to communicate honestly and openly with your partner and to try and come up with a plan on how to handle this situation in the future. If you can find time to spend together on the weekends or in the evenings, make sure you do.
To Sum Up…
Finding a balance in life can be extremely hard. Often busy jobs and careers can ruin relationships because one or both partners become so wrapped up in this one aspect of their life that they neglect their relationships with their loved ones. Make sure to communicate consistently with your partner to ensure your happiness together.
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As hopeless romantic I struggled tremendously in my love life. After many years of searching, trial & error, and countless failed relationships, I finally found my Mr. Right. It wasn’t an easy road, but one that has taught me an incredible amount about the workings of relationships between men and women, and this is what I hope to share through my writing on this blog.