My First Email About Parenting

As a young parent, I feel like I can begin to talk about what it is like to have a child.

There is truth to the idea that you have less time, there's no denying that.

But what if you looked at it as having less distracted time and more focused time?

Scrolling mindlessly on the couch, gone.

Parties you didn't even want to go to anyway, cleared.

Dinners you never wanted to attend, you're not attending.

There is a difference to having less overall time and less wasted time.

It's important to know the difference.

I definitely work less overall hours with my beautiful daughter in the world but now, work is work. Play is play. Sleep is sleep. Fun is fun. Family time is family time and I leverage every second of my day with people to help me.

Everything is much more dialled in because there is no other choice.

The same goes for your workouts as well.

You don't need two hours per day.

You need 45-60 intentional minutes without distraction.

In the distracted era that we now live in, time must be utilised wisely and not blundered wastefully like many people do because time is the asset that we cannot get back.

"Do it right, do it once", as they say.

It's such a pernicious belief that having kids ruins your life and once you do it it's "game over" because even though every child is different, every parent journey is unique and not everyone is able to have children, to bring someone into the world is one of the most fulfilling things you can do and can also force you to double down and work harder.

There is more to life than work and maximising productivity but if you choose to see the hardships of life through glasses of gratitude, all of a sudden, anything is possible (and even empowering).