Contra on Nostr: You’re not getting that time back. I don’t care what you tell yourself. The years ...

You’re not getting that time back. I don’t care what you tell yourself. The years you spend chasing overtime or letting the state raise your kid or letting a travel team eat every weekend, that’s gone. You don’t get a redo.

I know because I’m at the end of it now. I preached this exact thing to myself for years and still missed stuff. Work got in the way plenty. That’s not an excuse, it’s just what happened, and I own it.

It goes by fast. Faster than anyone tells you when you’re in the middle of it. And it’s hard, no sugarcoating that part either. But there’s nothing else you’ll do that comes close to being worth it.

You get one shot at this. Don’t let something else get more of your kid than you do.