Good luck on the race! I hope you are able to savor that moment when you and Emily get out of the car and...that's it. Just get out of the car and shut the door and walk away. It's a milestone.
It took my wife and I years to realize this..our son, now six, has been an incredible blessing and has taught us much about ‘me time.’ Well, my wife is pregnant now and soon we’ll say hello to our second which means, me time will become illusion again. This is a nice reminder of preparation and valuing what we have right now as we plan and prep for the future.
Totally! It's almost a tease to have that before the second one comes. For me, it was bike riding. When our son was 2/3, we had such a great routine down and I was riding nearly 250 miles/week (thanks, Emily!). Then the baby came and I was lucky to get 25 a week for the first year. Now, it's slowly creeping back up, though I doubt I'll get back to that 250 mark anytime within the next decade! Good luck with the new one!
Losing ‘me time’ was something I really struggled with when I first became a dad. I tried to cling onto it for so long and it created tension and frustration, but I soon came to realise that this new existence as a dad was so fulfilling in itself. In fact my Friday post is all about that.
It’s nice to hear from other dads though who are a bit further ahead in their parenting journeys than me about this kind of stuff. I’m working hard on trying to be more conscious and in the present moment to enjoy the times I’ll have with my kids when they’re this young.
Yep. Not doing things I used to do because I "have" to do something for my kids are the easiest kinds of sacrifices for me. But we all miss those things, for sure!
Bicycling is a big one for me. I was riding 250 miles per week when we just had one kid. And in those last few months of pregnancy with our second, I relished every single mile, knowing it was going to be a long time before I had the capacity to get that much time in the saddle. It's coming back. But still so many years to go before I get back to that type of volume. Do I miss it? Absolutely. Am I sad that I'm not riding as much? Not really. Thanks for the note!
Good luck on the race! I hope you are able to savor that moment when you and Emily get out of the car and...that's it. Just get out of the car and shut the door and walk away. It's a milestone.
Thanks! Mostly, I just want that damn airplane cocktail!!!!!!!!
It took my wife and I years to realize this..our son, now six, has been an incredible blessing and has taught us much about ‘me time.’ Well, my wife is pregnant now and soon we’ll say hello to our second which means, me time will become illusion again. This is a nice reminder of preparation and valuing what we have right now as we plan and prep for the future.
Totally! It's almost a tease to have that before the second one comes. For me, it was bike riding. When our son was 2/3, we had such a great routine down and I was riding nearly 250 miles/week (thanks, Emily!). Then the baby came and I was lucky to get 25 a week for the first year. Now, it's slowly creeping back up, though I doubt I'll get back to that 250 mark anytime within the next decade! Good luck with the new one!
Losing ‘me time’ was something I really struggled with when I first became a dad. I tried to cling onto it for so long and it created tension and frustration, but I soon came to realise that this new existence as a dad was so fulfilling in itself. In fact my Friday post is all about that.
It’s nice to hear from other dads though who are a bit further ahead in their parenting journeys than me about this kind of stuff. I’m working hard on trying to be more conscious and in the present moment to enjoy the times I’ll have with my kids when they’re this young.
Yep. Not doing things I used to do because I "have" to do something for my kids are the easiest kinds of sacrifices for me. But we all miss those things, for sure!
Bicycling is a big one for me. I was riding 250 miles per week when we just had one kid. And in those last few months of pregnancy with our second, I relished every single mile, knowing it was going to be a long time before I had the capacity to get that much time in the saddle. It's coming back. But still so many years to go before I get back to that type of volume. Do I miss it? Absolutely. Am I sad that I'm not riding as much? Not really. Thanks for the note!