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Hello and thank you to all of our dear listeners for the feedback that you sent about the voicemail update from Nicholas that we played last week.

Since you guys seem to enjoy it so much, we have another caller update to kick off today's episode.

We initially spoke to Courtney on episode 151 with Sophia Bush and to refresh her memory,

we've put together a little recap of Courtney's original call, followed by the voicemail message that she recorded,

updating us on how she dealt with choosing between her dream job and the love of her life. Enjoy.

Hi, hi Courtney, it's Anna and we're here with Sophia Bush.

Hi Courtney, how are you?

Oh my god, hi Sophia. So I've been with my boyfriend for about a year and a half and it's been total magic the entire time.

I recently started a new job as a marketing and event coordinator about a month ago and I really love it.

Retroves me over to my issue is a week after I started, my boyfriend told me that he got this epic job promotion in Portland.

So basically, we're kind of at this point where it's like, should I stay at my job in Seattle and find a roommate and be a part of a long distance relationship?

Or should I uproot before I get too deep in my new role, move to Portland and get a new job?

Is it crazy for him to go get settled there and you keep your job and maybe you put like a three month limit on it?

Because who knows, maybe in three months, you'll be miserable or whatever and stressed out with your job and you'll be ready to...

I want you to be able to have it all. Maybe you guys, I don't know, this is really reaching,

but maybe he rents an apartment for six months instead of buying a house and you guys rent a little place in Olympia and make an hour and a half commute every night or at least every other night.

I think that's such beautiful advice because here's the thing.

We always have to make compromises in relationship, but what stands out to me is that you're saying, I know I want to marry this person.

And if that's on the table, if that's something you two are communicating about and he also feels the same way, then for me, yeah, I lean towards saying he should go and start this job because it's the thing that could eventually be what's best for the two of you as a family unit.

The part of me that thinks about the two of you goes, okay, if this is a newer position for you, and I would say this by the way, if it was him, like I'd be saying it whether it's a woman on the phone or a man on the phone, yes, your twenties are about your career.

And that's also when your career is a little more flexible, like at 27, your career is more flexible than it will be at 37.

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