If there's one thing we really believe about successful partnerships, it's that each one of you should continuously work on remaining individuals with your separate hopes and dreams. However, your shared future and goals should also be what propels your forward together. In other words, he may have aspirations to be a famous author, but he will always imagine following that dream with you right by his side.
This can often involve some heavy compromise. If your dream is to open a restaurant, you'll have to find a location and a routine that works for both of these individual dreams. Once you figure that out, you'll be unstoppable as a couple. If he's not willing to compromise and include you in his vision of the future, he's probably not in love. Time to move on if this is the case!