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Not going to lie, the last 24 hours have been really hard

Not because of some disaster

But rather the mundane, the daily grind, my duties as a husband and father, have just not quite clicked

Anger

Anxiety

Frustration

Sense of lack

Exhaustion

My emotional cup has been full, so any test, has tipped it over

Shouting at kids

Arguing

Making poor decisions

Feeling wrecked

As much as you’re working towards a vision of brilliance, sometimes things just don’t go well

The rough with the smooth

The hot with the cold

It’s been shitty

I keep trying to remind myself that it will pass

And as I write this, I think I am basically through it

Indeed, I am starting to laugh and cringe at the same time, as I think about what kicked me off

It was circa 7.30 last night

On the sofa with my wife

Watching some TV

Thinking we were in the clear kids wise

Then boom, one wakes up, interruption, then the other won’t go to sleep, then the other wakes up again

Until I find myself having hit pause on the show we were watching, having maybe got through 30 mins in 3 hours

😅😅😅

I was mad

“I’ve been looking after one of these things since 5am this morning, can I not sit down in peace ever?!?!”

Running through my head

Lol

What a psycho

And there it is. Me. I am the problem. My expectations. Children are unpredictable. Life is unpredictable. So really this experience is a reflection on me, that I am not in as cruisey a state as I thought

I must do more work on myself

Shit, and there I was thinking it was everyone else’s fault

Tomorrow I will better

GN

🙏🏻