When you don’t have as much time to spend with one another as you would like, there are ways to maximize your time together: A: Sometimes it’s worthwhile to spend money to buy time. If you are having trouble scheduling time to be with your spouse, you might consider hiring someone to do housecleaning, grocery shopping, or gardening. Doing these small things won’t take much time, but each one of them will help you feel closer to each other. When you don’t have a lot of extra time, you need to make the most of the time that you do have.