I Took a 5 Month Honeymoon. Here’s What I Learned About Happiness.

Marriage is not about prioritizing happiness.

I learned this while spending five months traveling Europe with my husband shortly following our wedding. As someone who’s long been an advocate of travel, it was fitting that my fiancé affirmed his love for me not with diamonds but with a European travel guide and plane tickets to the other side of the world.

Since our relationship’s inception, we knew we wanted to pursue a life of common goals. But it was while we were traveling that we uncovere...