I’m a new dad. My daughter (I’ll call her El) is just about a year old. The first year is tough. You really, really, don’t know what it’s like to have a kid before actually having a kid. Once you have a kid, you no longer control your life. You don’t control when you sleep, you don’t control when you eat, you don’t control when you go somewhere or where you go. Most importantly, you don’t control your time.
Time is a non-renewable resource for the individual. It’s one of those few things that equalizes all beings. We all have 24 hours per day. We all have to sleep some number of those hours per day. Granted, some people can buy more of their time back (e.g. the super wealthy). I am not one of these people. So, as a new dad, I am trying to find ways to maximize my time so I can achieve my goals. Even with a kid there are things I want to accomplish as an individual.
This blog is dedicated to that pursuit: becoming more effective so I can achieve my goals with the limited time I have. I have a full time job. I have a kid. I want to be present for my kid and to make her a priority. But, I have goals:
- I want to stay fit and healthy by eating well and going to the gym.
- I want to read more.
- I want to start a business that allows me to leave corporate America.
Goals 1 & 2 are really forever goals – more like habits than goals. Goal 3 is really what I’m trying to accomplish. This blog will chronicle that journey. I will do my best to post as frequently as possible – if for nothing else than to document my thoughts for my children.
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