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.

Where is it all now?

Those white shoes your parents told you to keep off the grass, the khakis they wanted you to keep clean for Easter, the car they didn't let you eat in, the walls they told you not to mess up with your posters. Where is all that now? The shoes are long since thrown away, the pants outgrown, handed down, and then finally tossed by someone.

The walls have been repainted many times over.

Even the car by this point is probably a smashed metal cube in a junkyard.

And if it isn't, the person driving it is long since given up trying to make sure it's nice.

Sure, the stuff was expensive. Sure,

it's good to take care of things. Isn't it a little sad? The arguments, the pressure, the

prioritization, all of it over stuff that's gone now. That was always ephemeral, that never really

mattered. Even the money those items cost all these years later seems small.

And the same will be true with your stuff, the stuff you're arguing with your kids about,

the stuff you're stressing about, the living room you're kicking yourself for not being as

clean as the ones you see on social media. None of it really matters. None of it lasts. It will all end up as garbage soon enough.

What lasts then? The people, the memories, the associations. So relax, let go, enjoy it.

Let them be a little messy. Let them mess up and give yourself the same freedom.

There's a great line from Seneca where he says it's not just having a long number at the

end of your life, but about how you live that life. And I think this is a big part of the

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