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

These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.

Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

You don't have to do anything but this.

Yes, you have some groceries to put away.

Yes, you have some forms to get to the accountant. Yes, there's always work to do. Chores are waiting to get done. The phone is always

ringing the inbox beckons. But the truth is the only thing you have to be doing is the thing

you were just in the middle of with your kids. Reading that one book to your toddler. Again,

listening to the story your teenager is excited to tell you, laying on the couch as a family,

watching them play in the yard. As we've said before, quoting Brian Kaplan, your kids are not a

distraction from your work, from your responsibilities. They are your work. They're the only

thing you have to be doing, even if that

means doing nothing. You don't have anywhere to be. This is it. This is what matters. So do it.

Do everything else after. Do it later. Do it only once your real work is complete.

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