Made it through today without losing my temper

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2d ago1 min read

Small win but I needed this one. My 4 year old spilled juice on my work laptop this morning, then threw a tantrum when I asked him to put his shoes on, then decided to paint the bathroom walls with toothpaste while I was dealing with the laptop situation. Old me would have yelled. Today me took a breath, cleaned everything up, and actually explained why we don't do those things. Then we played with legos for 20 minutes. It's the little victories man.

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CChris R.Regular2d ago

Those days test everything you've got. The fact that you kept it together with the tantrum after already dealing with the laptop disaster? That's a real win.

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BBrad M.New Dad2d ago

Man, I know exactly how that goes. Getting through without losing it when everything's going wrong is legitimately one of the hardest parts of this job.

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DDerekNew Dad2d ago

Dude, that's huge. Juice on the laptop would have sent me over the edge, not gonna lie. You're doing better than you think.

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