I like how you capture the gratitude for being able to share these moments with the reality that the relentlessness wears us down sometimes. I read somewhere about the "four burners" concept (family, friends, health, and work) -- how to get better at one you have to turn other burners down or off. And being great pretty much means only one burner going. As dads, I think we reject that premise, or maybe our rejection is a choice not to play the burner game? I wrote about something similar this week: https://joshuadolezal.substack.com/p/do-you-really-lose-a-book-for-every?r=16vgt&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web.
I like how you capture the gratitude for being able to share these moments with the reality that the relentlessness wears us down sometimes. I read somewhere about the "four burners" concept (family, friends, health, and work) -- how to get better at one you have to turn other burners down or off. And being great pretty much means only one burner going. As dads, I think we reject that premise, or maybe our rejection is a choice not to play the burner game? I wrote about something similar this week: https://joshuadolezal.substack.com/p/do-you-really-lose-a-book-for-every?r=16vgt&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web.