Parenting

Parentcaster

to become a parent is a decision to take on the heroic task of becoming your best self. not in a yoga-self-care-meditation-journaling type of way but in a you-face-your-self sort of way. 

kids and marriage are a forcing function to face your truths. and in choosing to do it right, reaching a deep sense of fulfillment unlike anything else. 

ofc only in hindsight, so more of a reflection than a guide. pre-dad seneca would have been like “ok, yolo”.

This is especially resonant as my partner and I are trying for our first child. The process has stirred up a lot of face-my-true-self sort of questions, which I expected but not to this degree. It's powerful and wild that the mere prospect of creating life can evoke deep introspection.