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I watch my grandsons on Thursdays.
Wyatt is 7 months.
Grayson is 4.
Yes, it makes me sound old.
I’m 52. No comments.
Thursdays are full. Diapers, snacks, trucks across the floor, questions that don’t end, outdoors as much as possible, games, puzzles, and throwing stuff at each other.
But around 4:00, we pause. Or..I am spent is more like it.
I let Grayson turn on the TV. Usually the same movie as last week.
We all pile onto the couch. The dogs find their spots like they’ve rehearsed it, because they have.
Most days Wyatt falls asleep on my chest. Most days I fall asleep.
Grayson’s legs were intertwined with mine.
And our Great Dane, Odin, was stretched across my feet like he owns the place.
Nobody was accomplishing anything.
No one was optimizing.
Nothing was being built.
And yet… it felt like everything that matters.
The older I get (again — 52, relax), the more I realize that momentum isn’t just business growth or projects moving forward.
It’s this.
It’s being present enough to feel a 7-month-old’s breathing slow down on your chest.
It’s letting a 4-year-old lean into you without rushing the moment away.
These are the hours that won’t repeat.
You don’t get notified when they become memories.
They just quietly do.
It was a good reminder for me.
Slow down when you can.
Take the moment when it’s there.
Let it count.
3 Things Worth Paying Attention To
1. The small moments are the big ones
We wait for milestones.
But most of life happens in ordinary Thursday afternoons.
2. Rest is relational
Sometimes slowing down isn’t about sleep.
It’s about being fully where you are.
3. Time moves faster than we think
Seven months becomes a year.
Four becomes ten.
You won’t regret being present.
One Simple Reset (This Week)
Choose one moment this week to be fully in:
phone in another room for 20 minutes
sit on the floor and play instead of watching
take a walk with someone without checking notifications
pause before rushing to the next thing
Don’t multitask it.
Be there.
1 Book
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry — John Mark Comer
Not about productivity.
About slowing your life down enough to actually experience it.
1 Quote
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
— Robert Brault
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Brian
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