January 27, 2026

This page was getting so long it was affecting performance, so I copied all earlier content here.

It’s been a wonderful year so far. Lots of time to play games, relaxing into parenthood while simultaneously recognizing that it is, in fact, getting easier. The kids are more capable and easier to handle alone, even while weathering the 2-year-old’s increasingly emotional outbursts.

As a notable example, I did an intake today for an autism screening. My previous interview for this was 13 months ago, and my satisfaction with life is obviously much higher than it was then. We revisited some of the things I talked about back then, and curiosity about the causes of my dissatisfaction seem to have been a big driver of those interviews. So it was encouraging to see how much I’ve grown and adapted to life as a parent in the past 13 months. I hope that continues. My biggest fear over the past few years has been that it wouldn’t.