Hey Stoked Dad,

Welcome to Sunday - pour some hot coffee in your favorite mug, take a few sip, and let's freaking go.

1. I don't normally start with a quote but this was too good not share.

"...because the soul deep work your man (us dads) isn't willing to do, is the work your daughter (or son) is going to have to do to heal."

You're reading a newsletter about being dad, chances are you want to be a father, a stoked one at that. The question is: are you putting in the work on yourself; on your soul, your body, your attitude around your kids? The quote above raising the point, if we aren't doing the work that matters, what will our kids have to heal from?

2. The is a deep responsibility with fatherhood. The second tenet of a stoked dad is intentionality. That includes being intentional with your own growth. Put in the work on that thing that is bothering you. Maybe it's your movement routine or diet. Maybe it's your stress-based reactions to your kids. Maybe is a deep wound that you inherited. Do the work.

3. I need to do the work. I've caught myself rushing my oldest, letting my stress leak out in how I'm talking to her, how I respond to her. This next week I'm working heavily on how I help her get ready in the morning. The clock is a huge stressor but it shouldn't be her stressor. I have to be more prepared, to give her more time, so that she doesn't develop time-based stressed.

"Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future." — Seneca

Be stoked my friend,

Kris