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Since my daughter was born, I no longer have free time for meaningful side projects. She is almost 9, and I measure my free time in minutes. What I do have is
by treespace8 8y ago
Since my daughter was born, I no longer have free time for meaningful side projects.
She is almost 9, and I measure my free time in minutes.
What I do have is:
- A great relationship with my daughter
- A great relationship with my wife
- A daughter who is kicking ass in every area of life, and is having a fun, enjoyable childhood. (Unlike my own)
- I have not missed out on a thing. I have no second thoughts on my parenting.
- I sleep great
- Stress free home.
- Homecooked meals everyday. (We both cook)
There should be tons of time in the future for me to go back to side projects. But the time I have to raise a family is limited.
- basilgohar 8y agoIt's truly a blessing to be able to have this kind of perspective. I think a lot of frustration with one's current situation has little to do with the situation and much more to do with the perspective applied to the situation.
- tbrock 8y agoThis is a life worth living, thank you for the perspective.
- cookiecaper 8y agoYes, this. Childhood is fleeting. It's a cliche that you can't really appreciate until there's a big disparity between the age you feel like your kid should be and the age they actually are. It's crucial to capture those moments. We should all do more to ignore anyone who implies that the time would be better spent struggling against a compiler.
- exikyut 8y agoThanks for using that few minutes to find this spot to reply, and sharing the insight you did. Now I just need to learn how to find myself in the little things. I think that's what I need to do in order to sustain motivation and engagement. Not sure though, still working on it.