Story Time

A long long time ago in a far-away kingdom, there lived a young woman. She was happily married and had a good job. But ever since she was a little girl she had dreamed of one day becoming an artist, who would paint and share beautiful paintings with the world. 

So as her life was going so well, she decided to pursue her dream and started painting and sharing, and more painting and more sharing. Unfortunately, paintings take a long time to complete. Eventually, she found herself painting in the evenings after work, and on the weekends, and on holidays. She loved it! But her husband less so. 

After some time of this, there was an argument. He pointed out that she invested all her free time into something which did not really make profit (yet). And besides, why did she have to have this second 'career' next to her job? 
She argued that he got to do whatever he wanted in his free time. And that painting made her happy.

Since both of these people were adults and knew the basics of communication and conflict resolution, they eventually worked out a compromise:

The young woman was going to devote one hour per day to painting - more only if they both agreed. The husband was to let her enjoy her one hour per day. In addition to that, they were going to devote some time in the evening to go for a walk, go out or watch a movie together. 

The young woman knew that sometimes one has to find the balance between pursuing her own dream and being considerate to her spouse and family. So she made the best of this temporary solution, concentrating on painting and treasuring the creative time she had, never giving up hope that soon she would have more time. And slowly, over time, maybe the husband would discover a creative hobby of his own and understand.


The End.


Disclaimer: Of course the persons and events in this story are completely fictional...