Having been married since April 1960, have long since found this advice to be excellent...
Also, I’d add having your wife love bass fishing even more than you do... It’s amazing how a day beating the water to a froth with spinnerbaits can bleed any bad issues or thoughts away...
Between Maryland and California, there are few major impoundments & rivers that we have not fished...
It is something, these days, that I miss terribly... She had to stop fishing after a knee replacement about 20 years ago...
On any day that I want to clear my head, I run down to the Goose Bay marina where we have our Range bass boat stored and just stare at it... Being 93 (me) and 88 (her) has some drawbacks...
Ahab had a peg-leg, and still went after the Great White Whale!
Regards,