Long distance relationships are hard. Let's get that out of the way. I am not going to tell you it will be easy because it won't. But (I know you have been waiting for the but), I am going to tell you it is worth it. The quote, "Distance means so little, when someone means so much," is my new mantra whenever I am doubting my relationship.

Long-distance was never something I wanted to do, but love doesn't really give you a choice like that. I was always somebody who was convinced that I need daily hugs and somebody next to me to help me fall asleep. As it turns out, I was wrong. I am still craving those things every now and then, but there's one thing that is way more important than all the physical parts: Communication. You want to know what the great thing about communication is? You can do it, no matter how far you and your loved one are away from each other.

The other problem, as if the distance wouldn't be bad enough already, is the different time zone. Six hours is a lot when you are trying to coordinate each others schedules, to get at least a little Facetime call in, before the busyness of the day is going to swallow the both of you.

You wake up at 6 a.m. every day because that is the time your loved one gets off work, you stay up past midnight, so you can tell her how your day went. She leaves the party earlier, so she is able to text you first thing when you wake up. It takes a lot of planning and sacrifices to make a long-distance relationship work, and sometimes you will think that you are losing your mind.

You will cry yourself to sleep, complain to every single person that has the pleasure of meeting you that day and you will doubt everything that seemed manageable just yesterday.

You are going to feel like every single person around you is in a happy relationship, constantly surrounded by their significant other 24/7, which doesn't necessarily make things easier for you.

You will go home and you will ask yourself why the hell you had to fall for somebody who lives on the other side of the world. It will suck until your phone rings, as if she knew you needed somebody to tell you that everything is going to be just fine. You are going to talk for hours and hours, all your doubts and worries are going to vanish, and you will realize that yes, you are capable of doing that.

You start to realize long-distance does, indeed, have its perks, you just never really thought about it that way. As already mentioned, there is communication. You learn to value the talks with your partner so much more, and it doesn't matter if it's via Snapchat, Instagram or iMessage.

There is no such thing as awkward moments between you and your partner simply because you figured out from the beginning that you can talk about anything – literally anything. You know each other's deepest secrets.

You can be super cheesy 24/7. It doesn't matter if you send romantic letters, cute video messages or self-written love poems. Anything is allowed to make the long-distance thing as easy as possible.

And just remember, every day that passes is one day closer to the day you get to see each other again.