Balance. The thought of balancing your marriage, career, family, social life and more can be exhausting. Maybe calling it quits is the easier thing to do?! Many people desire balance but it isn’t easily achieved. It sometimes feel like the most challenging thing to do. There never seems to be enough hours in a day to get everything done or marked off your to-do list. Balance takes time and you can start with the four tips below to help you move toward a better marriage and career.

Prioritize: Try to prioritize the things that are most important, instead of trying prioritize everything you feel like you need to do to please people. The goal is stay stress free which means you need to decide what is most important in your life.

Exercise Commitment: Here’s the hard truth. Relationships will change you- either for better or worse. Learn to adopt a growth mindset, grow with your partner and/or in your career no matter the season you’re in. Getting married is the easy and fun part, staying married is the challenge. The same goes for the job.

Be Spontaneous: Always try to tap into the things you never have time to do with your partner or work. Be open-minded about other people’s ideas and try not shut things down right away even if you don’t want to do it or hand over your control.

Social Media: This shouldn’t come as a surprise but social media can pose problems for you, your spouse, and career. It can cause stress, invite internet trolls in your life and upset your household. So be mindful of what you post. Put some thoughts into what you show on social media and refrain from living a double life- which includes both a virtual and “real” one.