Isaac

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

A running thread of things that often pop into my head, most of which I self-censor. Purely personal ramblings:

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

@alexmwanzo Uko na any Nissan Leaf unauza?

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

@kigutasheilaa Could be shoes and building aerobic fitness. But also check running form/posture. You want your back straight, shoulders relaxed but not stooping, your eyes looking straight ahead, and use a mid-foot strike (land on midfoot and then let the heel touch the ground)

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

The older my kids get, the more I enjoy spending time with them. I don't really miss the baby/toddler yrs, but I also wouldn't have the r/ship I have with them without those messy and tiresome years.

[Aella @Aella_Girl]

@JohnJSSoriano @lymanstoneky for some people! i know some people with kids who view the early years as annoying and they are just putting up with it to get a cool kid later. they'd skip it if they could.

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

@alexmwanzo do you currently have any Nissan Leaf you are selling?

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

@xysist Check out Ambrosia Hotel

[Megha @megha_lilly]

Raising small children is hard work. Both in the direct childcare and in all the indirect ways such as setting up for their future and making sure they grow up in a nice place. The number one way to make sure this absolutely sucks and destroys your marriage is to start counting up and comparing who’s doing more. The best way to make sure you fail is to throw yourself a pity party or to mindlessly consume internet content of other people in similar situations throwing themselves pity parties. Do your best. Focus on doing your duties as well as you can. And give your husband/wife as much grace and love as you can.

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

look around and inside yourself and see what you can work with. don't lay down and declare defeat even before you even try. a lot of people have achieved a lot with far less than you have right now. don't be a loser

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

this is just cope (for many people). we lived in a world with more opportunities than at any other time. Many of us are privileged enough (even access to the internet is a big privilege) that we can create our own luck by moving and trying shit.

[Pipita @mcpipita]

Moving man meeting their luck is a myth. Most of the people that are successful walishikwa mkono at some point

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

sure, poverty & systemic constraints can hold you back. but the bar for making something out of your life has never been lower. if all you see is what you lack, you'll be miserable and get addicted to victimhood.

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

It's funny that 99% of the advice I give to my wife, is advice that I also needed to hear. Realised that in most cases I'm just talking to myself through her.

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

Most people (dads included) are well aware when they needelessly sacrifice their wants, but feeling aggrieved becomes an identity and kinda feels good

[chelsea (showgirl)🐻✨❤️‍🔥 @notchelseabear]

My mom used to do stuff like this and then be like “wow, I would love to be able to buy ___, but we have to spend money on you guys”, so one day, I snapped and said “so tell us no and buy yourself some jeans! It’s fine!” She didn’t know what to say. She also didn’t buy the jeans.

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

I see this with my own 12yr old and other teens at our co-op. They have so much fun playing and interacting with younger kids.

[Brian Peotter @Brian_Peotter]

Something no one brings up about homeschooling.

No one has taught my 8 year old boy, to be too cool to play with little kids.

He can play with his 3 year old brother. Build a brotherhood, enjoy each other and have 30+ more hours together every week.

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

Which is why harsh parenting (incl caning) makes teen years so much harder. Once you practice negotiating and reasoning with kids from a young age, things are smoother when they are teens.

[nephew jonathan @nephew_jonathan]

part of the problem is that once your kid is ~16 or so, you are no longer their boss so much as someone who has to negotiate with them—though at that age you still have most of the cards. but you lose a few every year.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Reminder:

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

@muragzb I think ni cx5 imeshuka bei

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

ok, convinced. was leaning towards the escudo 1.4l turbo, but seems the cx5 is also good offroad and is just as efficient

[TurboDiesel @alexmwanzo]

Oddly enough as of this tweet. I've personally owned about 23 cars and the cx5 is my ultimate favourite .
It just did everything perfectly .zero drama.decent power. Fairly cheap to run and good space

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

@alexmwanzo I have someone interested. Will contact you tupange

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

also, don't talk/do to your kids what you wouldn't want them saying/doing to their siblings

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

This feeling is strongest with my 12yr old. He's at a point where he is simultaneously more capable than ever before, but also more ignorant than he'll ever be about what it takes to win. Probably the most dangerous time to leave him to figure it out on his own

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

I see this a lot esp among homeschoolers...expecting too much executive function from kids and denying them much-needed parental guidance (coz parents believe they should be brilliant enough to figure it out).

[Isaac @isaac_mathu]

I view them as still a bit 'dumb' (complementary), thus I'm not overly critical when they fall short. Also keeps me aware of the need to keep teaching them specific self-management skills