Make the Most of This

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2:06and colors. It's been a long winter and you know parents we can't wait to rush outside and enjoy it. But in that eagerness and all those activities from baseball games to camping trips, suddenly the calendar becomes so busy that we miss the gentle reminder inherent in the change in seasons. Because as flowers bloom and trees grow our children are growing too as each season passes so too has time marching us closer to that inevitable day that they go out on their own and leave home. And meditating on this isn't meant to cast a shadow over the joy and lightness of spring, but it is nature's way of asking us to pause and reflect. Are we making the most of these precious moments? What do we have to show for the season that just passed? How are we wasting

3:07time on bad habits and practices that take us away from our family? Maybe we got into a rut this winter. But that's the beauty of spring too, right? That we can as the Philip Larkin poem goes begin a fresh, a fresh, a fresh. And look, if you're a parent who wants to make the most of this special season of life with their children, well, I would invite you to join us. It's something we're doing over at Daily Stoic. It's called the spring forward challenge. It's 10 days of stoic inspired challenges one day after another that's hopefully going to help make you a better person and a better parent. Ways to create more quality time with your kid, get rid of bad habits, break free from fears and anxieties, declutter your life and your calendar and gain a fresh new perspective. I'd love to have you join us thousands of stoics all over the world are going to be doing it. It's starting on March 20th. I'd love to see you in there. We've got a special offer

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