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.

I asked my son yesterday, what pair of shoes did he want to wear to school? And he said,

I think I want to wear my hokas. So we grabbed him out of the closet. He's got a pair of Hoka Mach 6's. I have a pair. My wife has a pair. His younger brother has a pair. Built for kids who love to fly. The new Mok 6 from Hoka delivers a bouncy, responsive foam in a sleek style and five different colors. Same snappy ride in the kid or the adult style. It's a light, fast,

an undeniably comfy shoe. It's got a kid's specific design, and the fit will free your kids'

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show notes and check it out.

It can all seem so humdrum, even a burden, staying up with an overtired toddler,

staying up until curfew to check on a teenager, arguing over meals, over an allowance, over grades, driving to school, driving to shop for a pair of shoes,

opening the fridge, and wondering how it could be empty again when you just got groceries two days

ago. We've said before that parenting is a grind. It's exhausting. It also goes by very, very fast.

Like the lyrics from the new song, Weird Goodbyes from the National, you're going to need and you're going to wish you were present for all this, the good and the bad.

As the lyrics go, memorize the bathwater, memorize the air. They'll come a time I'll want to know I was here. Names on the door frames,

inches and ages, handprints in concrete at the softest stages. There will come a time that you'll

look back on even the most difficult moments of this journey and be nostalgic for it. At the end of

your life, hopefully a long time from now,

you trade anything for another chance to wait for the bath to warm up,

another chance to chase them down to put them in the path,

even if they're screaming.

It's crazy the things we let go of, the song says.

It's crazy the things we take for granted,

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