yeah you have a solid relationship with your spouse or partner if you're an entrepreneur first off you need understand that you are always going to be busy in fact today right now is probably going to be the least busy you'll ever be if you plan on growing your company think about it we all want to get to the next level and the next level involves more work and so if you can't figure out how to prioritize time with your spouse now you definitely figuring it out down the road when things are a lot more complicated so the first thing you need to do is have a clear schedule of when you guys are gonna see each other do this on a weekly basis for me it includes leaving the office by five o'clock each weekday and getting home for dinner so i can be with my wife and my kids i've also set a boundary that i will not go to the office on the weekends i'm going to spend that time with my family regardless of how much money i could be losing now a lot of people have fear and they say well ryan what about the competition they're gonna get ahead of me because i'm not working