You can have more than you’ve got because you can become more than you are, that’s the challenge of life.
And of course, the other side of that reads :
Unless you change how you are, you’ll always have what you’ve got.
Welcome to parenthood. When the baby is napping, you should be napping. When the baby is eating, you should be eating. When the baby is crying, you should be crying.
Good luck out there, champ.
Fatherhood is hard,
So most kids are lost
Marriage is hard,
So most watch porn
Being in shape is hard,
So most are physically weak
Being educated is hard,
So most believe everything
Entrepreneurship is hard,
So most work jobs they hate
Investing money is hard,
So most are broke
Eating clean is hard,
So most are fat and lazy
Reading books is hard,
So most are braindead on screens
Life is hard,
So most live in a lifeless state
DO HARD THINGS
For the next 6 months…
- Workout 4x a week
- Quit alcohol & drugs
- Walk 10-15k steps/day
- Eat a nutrient dense diet
- Remove processed sugars
- Eat 1g of protein per lbs of idea bw
- Work on a goal that means something to you
Get rid of all distractions & go all in on you.
Gathered around the Christmas tree tonight for a picture
My young daughter looks at my wife and I and says my favorite thing she tells us these days: “one, big happy family”
It will NEVER get old
They grow up so fast. One day they are tiny babies, the next they are pulling out of the driveway, and you’re all “oh no oh god how did the toddler get the car keys???”
Parenting is all about teamwork. Making decisions together, supporting each other, having one parent drive while the other holds your kid’s soccer uniform out the window on the way to practice because you forgot to put it in the dryer.
Me:
Don’t hit your kids
Don’t scream at them
Don’t give them iPads
Talk about important things
Model behaviors you want to see
Do a lot of physical activity together
Be intentional (ie: think) about the type of man you want to become
Average person:
“That’s an impossible standard also you’re clearly an extremist”
When I'm trying to walk around in my house: Tripping over shoes nonstop because kids leave them everywhere
When I'm trying to get kids out of the house: No shoes to be found, a barren shoeless desert, a tumbleweed rolls by