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Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.

I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from parents just like you all over the world. Thank you

for listening, and we hope this helps. How much is left? Here you are celebrating a birthday. Here you are

marking another milestone. Here you are making another notch in the doorframe. As the ancients say,

tempus fugit, time flies. It sneaks up on you and even when you catch yourself noticing it,

the full weight of the conclusion can escape us. By the time they're six, as another famous

expression goes, most of the truly important

things are going to learn in life have already been learned or not. At nine, they're approximately

halfway done living with you. By the time your kid is 12, we've already spent the vast majority,

almost 75% of the time you'll get to spend with them. At 15, they've got maybe 5% of their height

left to grow, have developed the ability to think abstractly, have just a few years left with living

with you. And if you had kids when you're 35 or older, by the time they're 25, you're in the final

third of your life. It's crazy. It's painful to think of how little time we have

left, how little is left over of their childhood, how little left time is left, period. You can let

that thought depress you or clarify. You can let it overwhelm you or you can see and cherish every

single moment. Knowing these things, thinking about

how quickly our time with them goes can actually be a wonderful gift. It helps us realize how precious

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