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♥This week's tag team tips: Parenting Is A Tag Team: Do This To Win ♥

Dad Meme and Joke Of The Week (VDay Edition)

VDay Dad Meme 

VDay Dad Joke

Q. Why did the sheriff lock up his wife?

A. She stole his heart.

Parenting Is A Tag Team: Do This To Win

Dads, every morning it feels like we enter the ring and must defend our title (dad, husband, and professional) while trying to avoid taking a chair across the back.  

Having a shot at winning requires a strong tag team. 

It becomes hard to focus on our tag team.  I mean, I often forget the need to take special moments and make my tag team partner feel loved and doted on.

In the spirit of Valentine's day

Here are 3 secrets to strengthen your tag team and keep the romance, well, romance-y. (right babe?)

1/Skip The Fancy Meal

Dinner out, is the mac-n-cheese of romance.  It's a tasty side dish that often becomes the main because it's easy and we don't have the energy to think up something else.

It quickly becomes the default.

Creating the Movie-Dinner-Maybe-Sex-Probably-Sleep pipeline.

We get hungry, and it’s easy.  

It’s also repetitive and uninspired.

And won’t feel special if it’s the only activity we do besides parenting.

Try this instead:

Take your partner ax-throwing.

Or on a hike.

Plan a trip to a museum.

Pack a picnic.

Or go to a Rage Room (kinda like 10 yrs of marriage counseling in 1-hr).

You get the point! Anywhere that is not the same restaurant you hit once a month.

But, when you inevitably do go out for your next dinner:

2/ Make A Concerted Effort To Listen On Your Dates

You know those two people you see at a restaurant and instantly think:

DEFINITELY on a first date.

The focus on listening is uncompromised, almost creepy.  

The guy matches his bites up to hers, hiding his inner desire to annihilate his plate.

Thankfully, that ship has entirely sailed for us married folk.

But!

It’s the thought that counts.

That undivided attention tells the other person one thing:

You are special, and I care about you.

Bring some of that first-date energy to your next dinner.

3/ Make a Gratitude List

As our lives get increasingly complicated, it is easy to let resentment build.

Sadly, it is far too easy to live a life focused on troubles and daily difficulties.

Taking time out of your day to write down your gratitude has a bunch of mental health benefits (check out the science here).

And...

It is one surefire way to appreciate everything you love about your life.

And your wife/partner.

Which will make it soooooo much easier to get romantic-y.

And feel, even for a moment, back in the honeymoon stage.

Takeaway

Dads, no doubt parenting is hard.  It's even harder if your tag team partner is not by your side ready to tag in.  

Keeping your relationship strong is not easy, but with just a tad bit of effort you can be the greatest tag team of all time. 

How do you strengthen your tag team?

This Week's Interesting Read:

Rich Dude Spends $2 M/yr To Reverse His Age.

Want to live longer or transform your life?

There's a protocol for that.

The internet gurus have complex protocols you should follow to change your health and life.

There are not enough hours in a day to do everything they say.

You’ve probably heard of this guy Bryan Johnson??

Rich dude (45) sold Venmo to Paypal, turned anti-aging guru, and spends $2M/yr to reverse his biological age...trying to make his body 18 again. 

He only eats nutty pudding…what the heck is that?

I love food, and I love to eat…nutty pudding does not sound appealing.

I’ve read all the lists; 5 productivity hacks, 10 ways to reverse aging, 21 tiny habits to transform your life.

I've tried a bunch of them.

Being a great husband, dad, friend, and professional starts with a strong foundation of a healthier and more present me (all the other hacks don’t matter if I don’t get these right).

Here is the list of 43 things 4 things I do (see what I did there, my 6 min abs-style shortcut) for a healthier and more productive me: 

1/ 8 hrs of high-quality sleep

High-quality equals ~50% of Deep plus REM sleep (Fitbit/Apple Watch comes in handy).

If you want to learn more or sleep is a problem, check out Matthew Walker, the Sleep Diplomat

2/Exercise daily

20 min to 1hr of heavier-than-normal breathing makes me feel great and less anxious.

3/ Solo time

One hour...every morning...to myself...to read, write and think.

Gives me what I need to be present and on top of my day.

4/ Invest in me

I take at least one class yearly to improve my skills or learn something new.

That's it.

The vitamins, the gratitude practice, breathing meditation, cold plunges, the sauna, or nutty pudding are all minor tweaks, but do nothing if you don't feel rested, present, and healthy.

What’s your foundation for a better you?

Bonus A Video I Watched This Week:

"You can always bet on Fatherhood." - Drizzy Drake

A funny interview (Sundae Conversation) with Drake.  Check it out.  You will laugh. 

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