Good question. Meeting Kellianne and the resulting relationship gets 100% credit for switching me from a lost soul who could get married but would prefer to live in separate apartments and thought of babies as "passing the buck" on living an amazing life into someone who actually wanted to merge lives and make crazy babies together.
As for what's intentional or not intentional, my intention remains that I want to live an amazing life full of rich experiences and meaning, it's simply that the strategy has changed on how to get there.
5 years ago I couldn't imagine a strategy as I currently have it working... it seemed like too much of a long shot to find someone that would not only support the search for a rich experience of life full of meaning, but add to it.
I guess it comes down to, I didn't let myself create too fanciful of a vision, I wanted to keep it practical, and in my control, and therefore I had to imagine something different that relied less on luck in love.
your stuff about brainstorming for a baby remind me of Away We Go. I watched it on a plane and liked it a lot, though a lot of reviewers thought that it was somehow condescending and precious.
Oh, KA and I saw a poster for that at the video store a while ago and wanted to get it but it wasn't out yet. Now it is, and it's at the top o' the queue.
Life is funny: there are times when everything comes together beautifully, and other times when everything falls apart (and sometimes both happen at once). I feel like when the good stuff is happening, you need to savor that magical moment and build up your goodwill toward life, like a bank that you can draw from if/when disaster strikes.
It's so great that you had a good role model for fatherhood in your dad -- that's a leg up from a lot of guys.
If you count the fact that you and Carinna are the best also, we should probably not ever drive in the same car together lest there be an explosion of best-ness.
PS. Was there a movie-watching event on Sunday? How did it go?
You touch on one of my parenting issues which is the balance between wanting to provide stability/safety/security for my unborn kid VS. wanting to model a life built on independence, creativity, and self-motivation.
Yeah, I want to encourage growth rather than simply be a protector. I'm sure every parent does. How are you going about pursuing this interest? Are there parenting classes or something that teach this particular trait? A book? Or is it just practice?
I'm thinking about it mostly in regards to the career choices I'll model for my son. Will I go corporate so that he's got health insurance and stable $$ for what he needs? Or will I go indie so that he's got a model of creative entrepreneurial spirit?
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As for what's intentional or not intentional, my intention remains that I want to live an amazing life full of rich experiences and meaning, it's simply that the strategy has changed on how to get there.
5 years ago I couldn't imagine a strategy as I currently have it working... it seemed like too much of a long shot to find someone that would not only support the search for a rich experience of life full of meaning, but add to it.
I guess it comes down to, I didn't let myself create too fanciful of a vision, I wanted to keep it practical, and in my control, and therefore I had to imagine something different that relied less on luck in love.
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It's so great that you had a good role model for fatherhood in your dad -- that's a leg up from a lot of guys.
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I'm trying to savor every moment these days.
Yes, I feel very lucky to have had an awesome father. I realize that it's pretty rare.
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PS. Was there a movie-watching event on Sunday? How did it go?
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