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.

You ain't got time.

Maybe you did before, but you can't now. Before you could afford to get sucked into drama,

to gossip, to get into long arguments with your buddies, to be petty, to hold grudges, to follow the

latest breaking news or celebrity. But now you need to remind yourself, I ain't got time for that.

Because you don't. You have kids now now you have people you're responsible for you

have a big enough struggle on your hands your crazy co-worker is their own problem the actor who

cheated on their spouse is in their own mess your dumb neighbor with the flag for a political

cult they've joined your siblings poor financial choices that person who is embarrassingly wrong

on the internet you ain't got

time for that not one second you ain't got one second for that anymore i remind myself this is the

tempest fuget medallion that we sell in the daily dad store store at daily dad dot com when you

say time flies it's not that your kids are growing up.

It's that we waste a lot of time, as Seneca said, and we've got to stop because we're

going to miss it.

We're going to wonder where it went.

When it went was arguing with idiots on the internet.

Hey, you're listening to the Daily Dad podcast, one meditation a day inspired to help you do your most important job, which is be a great father.

These are meditations inspired by ancient wisdom, psychological research, and just great strategies from normal dads just like you. Thanks for listening.

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