They’re only this age for so long. They’re only in your house for so long. They’ll only want to do these things for so long.
And what are you doing with this moment? You’re frittering it away!
You’re agreeing to a meeting on a Saturday! You’re refusing to delegate, refusing to pay the delivery fee or for an oil change! You’re going out for drinks after work! You’re at another stupid conference! You’re on your phone again!
These are not decisions that are going to age well. These are not choices you’re going to be proud of. When you look back and wonder where the time went, where their childhood went, it’s going to break your heart to have to account for how you spent it, for how much of it you wasted.
You have them now. You have this right now. Don’t fritter it away. Don’t choose things over them.
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