Love and Work: How to maintain the balance within work hours and communication

Everybody wants to talk to their love all day long, you just can't get enough of their company.  However, there has to be some balance between work and love and how much time to invest in both. 

In the "Devil Wears Prada" Nigel says "Let me know when your whole life goes up in smoke Means it's time for a promotion."  Don't become that person that burns out either at work or in your personal life.  But also find time to do both.

I have to work, that's how I pay my bills, buy my clothes, pay for my car to be fixed, and have that glorious city life everyone wants (LOL).  Working is not an option, and I truly enjoy what I do.  I also, on the other hand, also have to maintain sanity for both situations, in my professional life and my personal life. 

My boyfriend knows that I have to work, and we discussed that I can't be texting all day long.  I have to focus on my work while I'm at work, and I make time for our phone calls in the evenings when I'm either on my way home from work or at home.  One or the other, but I can't focus on both.

You have to set boundaries that work for your relationship, or at least for you.  If you are single and having to do the first date ritual time and time again, of texting before the date, you have to set ground rules.  If you receive a text at work, you either leave it til later, or let them know that you will be available after work and that you cannot conduct business on work hours.  Chances are they will do the same to you if you text them in the middle of the work day.  People that cannot accept the work day boundary aren't worth your time.  You have to have some sort of sanity when you are work.  You have to draw that line of personal and professional.

My job relies on my productivity, so when I'm distracted by something else it costs the company time and money.  So when I have thousands of texts coming through from a potential relationship, that's costing my company major bucks.  If that's your situation, you need to explain that to your potential date.  You need to put the lid on anti-productivity measures.  If they continue to bother you, you need to put your phone on silent or place it in your purse so that you aren't distracted.

Phone calls: I can take small calls when I'm at work, not the leisurely ones I have with my beau in the evenings.  Sometimes we chat during the day so that we aren't miscommunicating on big things we are in the middle of (tickets to Biltmore, car purchasing, etc). 

You need to 1) find the balance for yourself; and 2) find the balance for your relationship.

My theory for my life is that if it interferes with my 1) Sanity; 2) Family; or 3) Work; it simply gets cut from my time.  I don't mess around with my paycheck, my sanity, and my family.  Find the balance, find a way to do what you need to do.