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Balancing a full-time job with a romantic relationship is a precarious juggling act. Speaking both as someone who researches relationships and someone living in one, I’ve seen how easily weekends can slip by without finding the time or the means to connect with your partner meaningfully. But I’ve also learned that it doesn’t take much to turn that time into something genuinely restorative for both people involved.
1. Carve Out Quality Time (No Tech Allowed!)
According to a 2022 study in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, given the maintenance a partnership requires, couples experience lower work-life balance than singles.
At face value, this probably seems like a damning statistic. But in context, this dissatisfaction typically comes about from the perception that a relationship is a distraction from work-life balance. In reality, for the majority of couples, it’s far more probable that work stress spillover is really the culprit — aided and abetted by technology, which makes it nearly impossible to avoid work distractions from home altogether.
In this sense, it’s paramount that couples carve out one-on-one time for each other, without any interference from technology. How you and your partner choose to spend that time is irrelevant; it doesn’t need to be extravagant, nor do you have to have it planned down to the minute. What matters is presence, in the most profound sense of the word.
For some, this might look like chatting together over coffee........