It was one of the absolute most challenging periods of my life. My marriage was falling apart, and I was barely maintaining my sanity.
Somehow I had to keep it together. My girls needed their father to figure it out. They needed a father figure.
It was one of the absolute most challenging periods of my life. My marriage was falling apart, and I was barely maintaining my sanity.
Somehow I had to keep it together. My girls needed their father to figure it out. They needed a father figure.
They come home today. It's the single month out of the year I have with both my girls full-time.
This has been our reality since the divorce. But this year, it's different. Damnit.
Do you ever find yourself in the endless loop of "whys" with your kid and wonder why?
I feel lost.
For the past 18 years, I have spent a portion of each day wondering what I could do to support and love my daughters.
To me, confidence is a superpower, and I believe virtually all children have it at birth. They're tiny squishy organisms with no idea what they can and can't do.
You always have a choice in any given moment or conversation. We know this intellectually, but we tend to reply with our first instinctive thought.
"There are no friends."
This is what my father would tell me as a kid. I had trouble accepting it, but he insisted on it throughout my entire childhood. I have to assume he was telling me this to protect me, right?
"Vulnerability Buys You Freedom"
James Altucher said this on the Rich Roll podcast and found myself nodding vigorously in agreement.
For me, not having to worry about being "exposed" in some way is such a liberating feeling.
The haters are in the room.
Girls, not everyone is going to like you. Ever. No matter how kind, respectful and helpful you are, there will be someone in the room that will likely be annoyed by you and think you're conceited or that you think you're "All that!"
Imposter Syndrome seems to be something that we all feel. Are we all faking it? Or are we overly worried about how we are perceived?
"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." Blaise Pascal
On Fatherhood, Manhood & Becoming Better Ancestors.