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It makes your life meaningful in a way nothing else can.
Politely disagree. I feel like one should already have found a way to make their life meaningful before having a kid. Having a child just adds to it, changes the nature of that meaningfulness, enhances it ... but not be the cause of it.
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I'm in the same situation kid-wise but I don't feel like I have no life. I do manage to get some time to myself to exercise and grab coffee with friends now and then. The key to this is working remotely. Two major advantages that apply here: 1. Not wasting precious time on commuting (even 1 hour makes a huge difference) 2. Being way more flexible so I can run errands and house chores mid-day if I'm feeling unproducti…
Commuting time is not necessarily wasted, at some point it was the only guaranteed private time I had as a father of 2. Sitting in the train, reading or just staring out the window, thinking.