How You Can Manage Your Love Life

When both partners in a relationship work, it can be difficult to balance love with career. Modern romance often means no one is home to make dinner, and quality time can be hard to find. Here are 10 ways to still find success as a couple while pursuing a career.

1. Set boundaries. Whether it's the time you both leave the office, or how often you work from home, make sure you communicate and set clear expectations about how your careers will bleed into your life. Makea rule that you can't look at iPhones after 7:00 pm, or that you'll both work on Sunday afternoons. Career- oriented couples often enjoy working, but setting boundaries allows you to also enjoy each other.

2. Talk finances early and often. The most common argument couples face is around money. So talk now, while things are good, on whether each person is willing to support the other if a job is lost or if a new career direction is fancied. Are you willing to dip into your savings to support a relocation? How will your lifestyle change if your partner gets a promotion? Decide how you willl allocate money at home and for work.

3. Carve time out for each other. It's important to create regular time to spend together. Maybe you make special moments out of running errands or perhaps you exercise every Saturday together. You can also try scheduling a date night for every Tuesday that can't be rescheduled. The point is to find quality time together to look forward to.

4. Don't go to bed angry. An old adage that is meaningful for the success of both your relationship and your career. If you wake up angry, not only did you possibly lose valuable sleep from the night before, but you also get a negative start to your morning that can affect your productivity throughout the day. Work out your issues before your head hits the pillow for the good of your relationship and your career.

5. Balance sacrifices. If one or both of you want to prusue a high-profile career, it's almost a guarantee that sacrifices will have to be made for the good of that career. Remember that balance is created over long periods of time. Accept acknowledge the importance of your partner's sacrifice to furthur your career and be willing to do the same for them.

6. Show unconditional support. It can be difficult to show interest in your spouse's career after your own long day of work. But it's important that you're thoughtful and present in your conversations relating your partner's career, and that your support is unconditional towards their work.

7. Love the person, not their title. For the health of your relationship, make sure you've fallen in love with your partner as a person, and not wih their title or position.

8. Do the decision two-step. The first step to making a decision is you, and the second is your partner. No longer are you operating in life independancy, no matter how headstrong your personality. Your decisions now affect each other, and you have to recognize your partner has equal say.

9. Share household duties. No one wants to comehome to a sink full of dirty dishes. Divvying up household chores is often a sticking point between couples that escalates into ongoing arguments. Asign clear roles for one another and stick to it.

10. Forgive and apologize. In a world of career uncertainty, relationships can be a secure foundation and minimizer of stress.Don't make things more difficult by holding grudges. Communicate with your partner; show compassion toward their bad moods and celerate their good ones.