This discussion is something I’ve tossed around in my head for awhile. As I have gone back and forth on the topic, I decided to debate myself while I answer the question. The question of the day: Is work-life balance a real thing? If so, what is it and can it be achieved, specifically in […]
Am I A Hypocrite?
My first quarterly newsletter, 6 months in the making, was sent out around noon central time yesterday. If you didn’t see it, check your spam. I apparently don’t understand Mailchimp, and sent it with the title “Test” — I then resent it and I think it still had the word “test” in the title. Ugh. […]
Why We Don’t Have Nice Things
Turning a New Home into a Fixer Upper We had been in the new home for one week before Rogue Two took a hammer to the wall. He calls himself a “worker,” (as in construction worker), and he enjoys “fixing” things around the house. The afternoon I heard him banging, I realized the tenor of […]
Future Proofing Your Children: Faith
This is the second in an intermittent but recurring series. Find all of them here. A few weeks ago I wrote about Future Proofing Your Children — how my wife and I approach our children’s career and education choices. If you haven’t read it yet, go back and read it now. I decided this might as […]
Future Proofing Your Children: Education
This is the first in what will be an intermittent but recurring series — dealing with dilemmas of parenthood. Find all of them here: I was recently driving Rogue One (8 y/o) and one of his neighborhood friends (7 y/o), when I overheard an interesting conversation. The friend described an invention he had conceived. I won’t provide […]