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Some couples complain that they’re so busy, they barely have time for one another. Okay, I might be in one of those couples, but I’ve also been in relationships in which neither of us had much going on in our lives—perhaps we were both working jobs we didn’t care about, and clocked out at 5pm each day—and had all the time in the world to be together. I’ll take a busy life over a stagnant one any day, even if it means I can’t watch Netflix with my partner every night of the week, or attend the Farmer’s Market religiously each Sunday. The reality is that people aren’t happy when they aren’t busy. If you aren’t busy, that means you probably aren’t chasing your dreams. I mean, hello: how could you have tons and free time and be going after your goals? Those are two conditions that don’t coexist. And when you aren’t chasing your goals, you wind up feeling insecure, inadequate, depressed, bored…and a lot of other things that are bad for a relationship. Here is why being busy is actually good for your relationship.

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