I’m a Papa!

My wife and I recently welcomed our first child into this world, Thomas. It seems my next ultralearning challenge is going to be learning how to be a dad!

I’m sure there will be plenty of life lessons from fatherhood that will make its way into my writing in the future. I’m planning on taking about a month of leave to be with him exclusively. In the meantime, I’ve queued up some writing I did beforehand. Enjoy reading that until I’m back!

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