About Me

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Married for 10 years with 2 kids (daughter (6) & son (3)). Why did I start whatever this site is? For the average dude, let's call it what it is, the expectations are not very high for us when it comes to parenting. Why is that? There are many factors and obviously everybody's personal situation is different, but we all have some control. For me it started with acceptance that my life has changed and there are now these plan destroyers we're supposed to care for. Change does not mean over though, so after acceptance how do we intentionally live our best life. 

With anything new the more you can safely fail the more you can improve. The challenge for dads is it's not necessarily safe to fail because we fear the judgement of not knowing what to do. In the age of social media the expectations are so high it's pretty hard not to compare. This site is going to be a place where we'll share the "wins" but more importantly the journey we took to get there. The best dad advice I got before kid #1 was "keep them breathing," after that everything is a bonus. This truly simplified the foundation of let's keep our kids safe, everything else we'll figure out as we go. 

Living your best life as a dad means something different to everybody. For me it's about having a great marriage (requires lots of effort), still being able to see my friends, pursuing a career, having passionate interests (sports, food, drink, travel), and most importantly living out a purpose of positively impacting all the people I have the blessing to cross paths with while having a ton of fun. 

Looking forward to sharing some of our stumbles and the subsequent wins that will encourage you on your journey too.