About being more efficient once you're a parent

2024-05-29

I'm a father of two young children and I've noticed something I wasn't expecting.

Although - yes - I'm immensely more tired, I'm also much more efficient. Since both sleep and free time are more scarce, it leads to two things:

• Being more appreciative of free time
• Being so much more efficient. I don't thing I've ever emptied a dishwasher this fast, ever

And it seems this has transferred professionally too.

Now this isn't to say it's all dandy and easy, it's actually pretty brutal. But my brain went into "action mode" and haven't gotten out of it yet.

So there you have it, less free time yet more things done.