A good boring weekend

I have Colin solo for the next few days as Sophia is headed back to Baltimore to take care of her Mom who is having minor surgery. I’m excited that I get to fully focus on being a Dad and spend time with him.

While parenting solo is effectively parenting on hard mode, it does refocus my energy and mind to staying present and just trying to enjoy time with my son. For better or worse, there’s not much time to check my emails or respond to Slack messages.

Over the last 9 months, I’ve learned that less is more when parenting. Unlike the early ambitious days, I’ve now resorted to do the “one activity outside a day” method. That is I do one thing with Colin and then spend the rest of the day more or less at home.

Anything beyond that one activity is just too tiring and too much of a hassle. And I risk getting him off his schedule and making the rest of the day worse. For example, on Saturday I plan on taking him to the park or farmer’s market for a few hours after his lunch. We get outside and do something, but I’ll be back by 3pm for his next nap.

It’s a much more “boring" weekend than pre-kid, but that’s life nowadays. Equally as important as getting outside and doing something is making sure I don’t overextend myself and get much needed rest. There’s a lot more Netflix in my life nowadays and that’s okay. It’ll be a good boring weekend.