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projects, presence, and time well spent
preparing kids for the future they’ll create
wellbeing, mindfulness, and perspective
Thanks for stopping by. I’m Eric.
I’m also a dad. And I try hard to be a decent one. I want my kids to thrive and be happy, while they’re still kids and later as adults.
It’s also fun being a dad. I really enjoy it. It’s an excuse to return to some childhood joys: building legos, doing puzzles, playing games.
But even with 12 years of experience, I still don’t feel like I know what I’m doing most of the time. And being a dad isn’t my only role. I have a job, a wife, and plenty of hobbies and things I like to do.
I don’t want to give up on the rest of me while I try to be the best dad I can be.
So I keep trying to learn from my many mistakes, and move forward. And I try to teach my kids in the best ways I know how. And I’m sharing what we’re learning together along the way.
And I also keep trying to enjoy each day I’ve got. Because, as you’ve probably experienced, it all goes pretty quickly.
Here’s how I try.
Situations change. People change. Here’s why actively open-minded parents are better at predicting the future.
A sunset, a cold beer, a moment with your kids. Here’s Kurt Vonnegut’s two-step process for expressing gratitude.
Your kids are learning from you. Especially when you’re not trying to teach them.
How do you make sure your life is full of time well spent? Here are some reminders.
You can’t change your past, but you can choose to connect the dots in different ways.
How do you spend your time? That’s who you are.
Sometimes the best way to overcome doubt is to just get started.
Stop, look, listen. You can find It anywhere.
Get ready for the future. But don’t miss the life in front of you right now.
A small daily investment amounts to hundreds of hours of family time per year. Here’s how to calculate the potential.
Thoughts of future pain made my current struggle hurt more. The key is to catch that mental time travel and come back to now.
His reason surprised me.
A sunset, a cold beer, a moment with your kids. Here’s Kurt Vonnegut’s two-step process for expressing gratitude.
Thoughts of future pain made my current struggle hurt more. The key is to catch that mental time travel and come back to now.
A Starbucks line reveals the disconnect between the story in my head, and the world right in front of me.
Where you put your time and energy becomes your reality.
Today I went out for a run. I started down a familiar set of roads, but I felt an urge for something different. At one point where I normally go…
A slide down an icy road reveals the marvelous inner works of our minds.
Read—and listen—to what’s going on at Looking out Loud:
Making better quality time with your kids. Here’s why, what, and how.
You’re co-growing. You’re building each others minds.
Take time to look back, feel, learn. Just a little longer.
I’m a proud papa of two boys. Married. Working. Tired. Trying. I want to be a great dad, and I know it’s my most important job. But it ain’t always easy.
At Dadspace I share ways we’re trying. Start here if you’re looking for ways to engage your kids and make learning fun, or if you just need another dad’s shoulder to lean on (moms welcome too).
“Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.”
– Sir Anthony Seldon
Engage curiosity and creativity – both child and adult will love connecting in these projects
“Your experience is your life. This moment is your experience. And this moment. And this one.”
– Sir Anthony Seldon
What is means to live a good life – mindfulness, reflection, the story of you
“Education is a once in a lifetime opportunity to open children’s hearts and minds to the unbelievable wonder of the universe.”
– Sir Anthony Seldon
Read about what we’re doing at Dadspace:
Sometimes the best way to overcome doubt is to just get started.
Get ready for the future. But don’t miss the life in front of you right now.
A small daily investment amounts to hundreds of hours of family time per year. Here’s how to calculate the potential.
Situations change. People change. Here’s why actively open-minded parents are better at predicting the future.
Listen up: 60 seconds of unfiltered looking out loud, every day.
Bringing awareness to moments, appreciation for life, and perspective on raising and engaging little people.
Open your eyes, and listenSometimes the best way to overcome doubt is to just get started.
read moreStop, look, listen. You can find It anywhere.
read moreGet ready for the future. But don’t miss the life in front of you right now.
read moreWe’re submitting our family to an unnecessary experiment. Here’s why we’re leaving our simple life, and how we got organized to make it happen.
read moreTake a visual trip through the past 40 years. A memory lane full of thousands of photos, news stories, tech developments, and pop culture. A journey through the coevolution of my mind, body, and the world around.
read moreIn 2020 I turn 40. What have I done with these years? How has the world changed over the past 4 decades? I dig into the coevolution of my mind, body, and the world around me to find out.
From my conception on a warm July eve, to being a middle-aged dad of my own two boys. Take a visual trip through the past 40 years.
In 2020 I turn 40. What have I done with these years? How has the world changed over the past 4 decades? I dig into the coevolution of my mind, body, and the world around me to find out.
From my conception on a warm July eve, to being a middle-aged dad of my own two boys. Take a visual trip through the past 40 years.
