He saw me working from home and asked what I was doing. Tried to explain in simple terms and somehow ended up questioning everything about why I actually do this work. Spent 20 minutes thinking about my career choices while he played with blocks. Kids man. They ask the hardest questions without meaning to.
These moments are honestly the best conversations even if they're weird. Your kid just made you examine your whole life from scratch. That's actually valuable.
Did you end up giving him an answer? Or just let him go back to blocks and sit with your thoughts?
Kids are philosophical little chaos agents. They ask something casual and suddenly you're reconsidering your entire life structure. Honestly not the worst side effect of having a curious 3yo.
The fact that you had this moment while working from home makes it better somehow. Like you were literally doing the thing and he pointed out the absurdity of the whole situation. Did you come to any conclusions about your career or just accept the chaos?
This is hilarious and existential at the same time. He asked a reasonable question and you ended up having a whole life crisis. Kids do that - they ask something simple and suddenly you're questioning everything. At least he got quality blocks time out of your existential moment.
The fact that a 3yo's "what's a job" question sent you into an existential spiral is pretty real. Kids ask the questions that make you question everything.
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This is the kind of parenting moment that doesn't look like anything but actually changes you. He'll forget he asked but you'll remember questioning your whole career path because of blocks and toddler wisdom.
20 minutes of existential crisis while your kid plays with blocks is basically peak parenting. Some of our best self-reflection happens because of these weird random questions.