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 have this freedom now. There are things you would have never done before. You'd never have

sung a crazy song in public. You'd never have painted your nails. You would have vomited before you

suck snod out of somebody's nose. You'd have rather starved than put on a make uniform and work

extra hours at some job you hate. But you're gladly doing it now. Why? Because your kids need you to, and that's your

role. We talked recently about how being a parent frees you to care less about what people think.

It also frees you from so many of the things that shame and pride would have cut you off from before.

Necessity is a heavy thing, but it's also liberating. It cuts through the bullshit, through the defenses. If doing a ridiculous dance cheered up your crying toddler, you'd do it in a second, even if there are television cameras around. If your daughter needed a model to practice on, you'd wear whatever she asked. If going to a Taylor Swift concert would get them out of their shell, you'd go, and you'd make bracelets too.

If you had to get up at 2 a.m. and drive an Uber to pay for your son's college, you'd do it,

no matter who recognized you. You are freer of pretension now, of immature notions about what's

cool or not. You'll do whatever it takes. You do it all. You do anything. You don't care who sees.

You don't care what it looks like or what it takes out of you. You have a job to do.

When I'm on the phone, I'm walking, in the mornings I take my walk.

I'm just always moving, always active.

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