I’m Not the Same Since I Became a Dad

Everything has changed—my perspective, priorities, and purpose. Adjusting to life after the birth of our daughter was tough, but it ended up being the most rewarding year of my life.

Cheers.
Jake

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Books I Read:
The Birth Partner - Penny Simkin
2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke
Ego is the Enemy - Ryan Holiday
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Dune - Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert
Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
Every Man for Himself and God against All - Werner Herzog
The End is Always Near - Dan Carlin
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
The Daily Dad - Ryan Holiday
The Daily Stoic - Ryan Holiday
The Perks of Being a Wallaflower - Stephen Chbosky
Rotton - Buzz Parcher
Eintein: His Life and Universe - Water Isaacson
A Line in the San - Wells Jones, Miles Spencer
Genghis Khan - Jack Weatherford
Things My Son Needs to Know - Fredrik Backman
Becoming Nobody - Ram Daas
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You - Janelle Shane
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Shogun - James Clavell

Favorite Movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
The Iron Claw (2024)
Poor Things (2023)
Before Sunrise (1995) / Before Sunset (2004) / Before Midnight (2013)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Babylon (2022)
Spirited Away (2001)
Beautiful Boy (2018)
La Sociedad de la Nieve (2023)
The Holdovers (2023)
The Matrix (1999)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)