Relationships, friendships, family, work, own free time - they all need proper chunks of time management. To me, it's not much different than managing your available time in the work slot - cue in a zillion time management gurus. But everything well and good and wonderfully structured - as long as it works. Because in the end it's just a tool - it can break down as easily.

As for geopgraphical remoteness; I've done some experience in the relationship department on that one. Me mostly in the Netherlands, she mostly USA or England. To this day I don't think it was the distance that ultimately wrecked us, but it was the next item on your little list: the learning curve. Though I feel the distance execebrated exisitng disharmony.

Thanks for the diary, Agnes. And a happy birthday to come.