Speaking as someone who likes to exercise and who has found creative ways to fit into my day, since our second my running as gone from a few times a week before our first got up to once with them both in a buggy at our local parkrun. Mileage varies a lot with children ;)
I wake up at 5am most mornings. Not because some influencer convinced me. Because it’s the only hour that’s actually mine before my two-year-old hears a floorboard creak and the day becomes someone else’s.
The influencer version makes it sound like a competitive advantage. The dad version is just math. You need an uninterrupted hour. There’s only one slot left. So you take it, in yesterday’s shirt, hoping the coffee maker doesn’t wake anyone up.
Sorry you experienced that completely unjustified pile-on.
Your comment would have been the perfect jumping-off point for a follow up video about tips for fitting in fitness around being a busy parent. But no, instead he decided to blow the dogwhistle and imply some bollocks about coming up with excuses—which you were in no way doing—to farm comments and engagement.
Great piece, made me smile. Father of two here. I am a million billion miles away from being able to do anything "before the day starts". Such crap. Have managed to squeeze all sorts of useful things into what free time remains in the day (for me, it's my commute) but that's about it.
NB when they get older, the evenings go too. Trying to figure out what remains right now.
Sorry you experienced that, I'm glad you're trying to make the internet a bit friendlier over here in The New Fatherhood!
You might like Steve Kamb's writing, particularly number 1 from https://stevekamb.com/5-beliefs-i-changed-i-mind-on/. He isn't a Dad but does recognise we all have different challenges!
Speaking as someone who likes to exercise and who has found creative ways to fit into my day, since our second my running as gone from a few times a week before our first got up to once with them both in a buggy at our local parkrun. Mileage varies a lot with children ;)
I wake up at 5am most mornings. Not because some influencer convinced me. Because it’s the only hour that’s actually mine before my two-year-old hears a floorboard creak and the day becomes someone else’s.
The influencer version makes it sound like a competitive advantage. The dad version is just math. You need an uninterrupted hour. There’s only one slot left. So you take it, in yesterday’s shirt, hoping the coffee maker doesn’t wake anyone up.
Kudos for sublimating a poop online experience into something good for your community.
Sorry you experienced that completely unjustified pile-on.
Your comment would have been the perfect jumping-off point for a follow up video about tips for fitting in fitness around being a busy parent. But no, instead he decided to blow the dogwhistle and imply some bollocks about coming up with excuses—which you were in no way doing—to farm comments and engagement.
Alex knows what’s up.
Great piece, made me smile. Father of two here. I am a million billion miles away from being able to do anything "before the day starts". Such crap. Have managed to squeeze all sorts of useful things into what free time remains in the day (for me, it's my commute) but that's about it.
NB when they get older, the evenings go too. Trying to figure out what remains right now.