Father of six - Insights on building a Kingdom household while running a business in tech šŸŽ™ @2centdad {mostly advice/reminders to my future self}

Grand Rapids, MI
Joined November 2008
Have you ever completed something that you previously thought was impossible? I completed an Ironman 70.3 event recently in Waco Texas. Something I would definitely have called ā€œimpossibleā€ and it was not even something on my radar at the start of this year...
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The biggest cope phrase is ā€œJust wait until _____ā€ …your kids are teenagers …you’re old like me You name it, people got a cope for it. Don’t inhale that secondhand cope. ā˜¢ļø
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Camping season is here!!!!
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It all starts with managing your household well. Too many ā€œsuccessfulā€ people neglect their household. Don’t be that. It’s not winning. But it’s tempting.
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without google, do you know where this statue is?
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Focus. From conversations to people driving. Closer attention was being paid.
People old enough to remember life pre-Internet, what are some less obvious things you miss about that time?
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The ā€œchildcare crisisā€ is that the culture made stay at home mothers inferior to the career woman. We are seeing the ripple effect in many areas…
The American middle class is irreparably broken. Between student loans, healthcare, housing, taxes, inflation and wage stagnation… The birth rate will continue to plummet. There’s no political solution. The only options are to get rich or live very unusually.
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My grandfather (ā€œOpaā€) passed away this week. He was 90. Worked on heavy equipment as a mechanic. Dude could do anything. Amazing man. This picture from 30yrs ago captures him pretty well. I’m sure he is hearing ā€œWell done good and faithful servantā€
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That’s me bottom of the pic in the green. He had 40 great grand children
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Not sure any amount of success will change my love of hearing my kids scream ā€œdad!ā€ And run to me when I get home from work
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I’m less of a 20in blades on the Impala and more of a 12ft boards in my conversion van with 5kids type guy
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Pool fill day. 700lbs of salt šŸ§‚ nitter.1d4.us/i/web/status/166…
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Are you part of a mastermind group?
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Also me when my 4yo finally is asleep
My 4 year old the moment I tell her it’s bed time
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Fresh batch
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Something off to me about all these trad accounts putting out so much content/time on Twitter…seems ironic…or maybe another word for it…
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Happy Pentecost! šŸ•Šļø
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