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Marius Hauken
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• [2]Blog
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• [3]About
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• [4]Made
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• [5]Work
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[paren]
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Time travelling for parents
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16 Jul 2024 • about 1.5 minutes reading
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[parent-per] Parenthood is the ultimate paradox. Nothing is more wonderful,
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nothing is more challenging. My third child is now 2 months old, and we’re
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drowning in sleepless nights and endless cries where we don’t know what to do.
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But I’ve found two perspective shifters that reveal the magic in the mayhem:
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1. The 80-Year-Old You
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Close your eyes. You’re 80. Your joints creak and your kids are grown.
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Suddenly, you’re time travelling back to now. This moment, with a crying baby
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and bags under your eyes. How much wouldn’t you give to be back in this exact
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moment?
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2. The Last Time Illusion
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One day, you’ll pick up your child for the last time. You’ll change the last
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diaper, give the last piggyback ride, read the last bedtime story. But this is
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the crucial point: You will never know it’s the last time when it happens.
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It’ll slip by, unnoticed.
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Embracing the Chaos
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Night wakenings have become my trigger for these perspective shifts. When the 2
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AM cry jolts me awake, I pause and imagine my 80-year-old self, cherishing this
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fleeting moment of midnight connection. It doesn’t magically erase the
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exhaustion, but it does make those hushed, drowsy moments feel more meaningful.
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One day, you’ll miss these endless crying sessions. You’ll long for reading
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that same book for the 20th time. These chaotic moments are the good old days
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in disguise.
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• [9]
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A great tips for vacation (and frankly everyday life) is learning how
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Guided Access makes your life easier when kids borrow your iPhone or iPad
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[child]
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• [10]
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Why selling our car and buying a cargo bike is the best investment we've
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ever done
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Three years ago we sold our car and bought two e-bikes as a replacement.
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Purchasing a cargo bike is by far one of the best choices we've made over
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the last few years.
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[cargo]
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[11]
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[noscript]
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References:
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[1] https://hauken.io/
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[2] https://hauken.io/blog/
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[3] https://hauken.io/about/
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[4] https://hauken.io/made/
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[5] https://hauken.io/work/
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[8] https://convertkit.com/features/forms?utm_campaign=poweredby&utm_content=form&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=dynamic
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[9] https://hauken.io/kid-mode-for-ios/
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[10] https://hauken.io/why-selling-car-buying-bike-best-investment/
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[11] https://hauken.io/atom.xml
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