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're in a hurry and don't know why. Come on, get out of the car, let's go, come down for dinner,

finish your food.

Are you ready yet? Why isn't everyone packed? It's past bedtime. We can't do any more stories.

Go to sleep. It can sometimes seem that we are rushing everywhere always. We're hurrying them along, trying to wrap things up, trying to get somewhere.

Sometimes these deadlines matter. Flights are getting to school on time. But even then,

why do we act like it's the most important thing in the world? Why are we in such a damn

hurry? We are rushing always as if we're not rushing through their childhood, as if we're not filling

their childhood with stress and anxiety.

We would do well to remember the Alabama lyrics.

I'm in a hurry to get things done.

Oh, I rush and rush until life's no fun.

All I really got to do is live and die. Even I'm in a hurry

and don't know why. So slow down, pause, take a breath because one day they'll stop asking

you for stories. They'll pack their own bags. They'll sit down for dinner without you.

And the rushing you thought was so urgent will seem so small compared to the moments you will no longer get.

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