@RobbiePasquale@zekramu They do if you pay them. My house cleaner comes once every 2 weeks, they bring 3 people the house is spotless in 2 hours. They will do whatever chores fit in that window. Worth the ask if they'll come do chores
When I first became a dad I was genuinely worried my career would suffer.
The opposite happened. 3 things changed that I wasn't expecting.
First, a child cuts the filler from your life instantly.
I used to sit at my desk for 14 hours and feel like I was crushing it when in reality maybe 4 of those hours were actual work and the rest was meetings that didn't need to happen, scroll sessions I told myself were research, and "quick calls" that turned into 90 minutes of nothing. A child deletes all of that overnight.
Because you literally don't have the time anymore. Every hour matters in a way it didn't before. You could be with your kid, working on your startup, exercising, having dinner with your wife, sleeping. When your time is actually full of things you care about, the filler can't survive. I'm shipping more now than before my kid was born. Half the meetings. Faster decisions.
I stopped saying yes to things out of politeness because my time has a very real cost now that I can feel in my bones.
Second, your risk tolerance goes up, not down.
Everyone assumes having a kid makes you play it safe. For me it created this urgency to build something real while my kid is young enough to not remember the hard parts. That urgency is more useful than any productivity system I've ever tried.
Third, your thinking just gets clearer.
I don't know how else to explain it. You stop deliberating for days and just make the call. You stop chasing every opportunity and only chase the ones that actually excite you.
Something about being responsible for another human being gives you this filter that cuts through the noise instantly. Before my kid, I'd go back and forth on a decision for a week. Now I make it by lunch and move on.
I used to think having a kid was the thing I'd do after I built the company. Turns out the kid made me better at building the company. Wish someone had told me that sooner. So I'm telling you.
I know this sounds like something a new dad says to justify it. I thought the same thing when other dads told me. Then it happened to me and I understood.
I think you will too.
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