The Progress Report: Week of Mar 23-Mar 27
Looking back to move forward—our Sunday reflection.
This Week's Theme: Teaching What We're Still Learning
I had a lot of fun with this theme. Read all three newsletters at the links below.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Weekly Recommendation
Something I read, watched, pondered, or prayed on that helped me make a little progress this week.
at The Fatherhood Framework consistently produces thoughtful, engaging work that helps make you a better dad or parent or gives you something to think about. I can't recommend his work enough.If I had to pick just one piece to recommend from the past week, it would be this one.
One more thing...
A preview or parting thought to carry you into the coming week.
As dads, responsibilities pull us all in a thousand directions. We have jobs, bills, and partners, and we never get a vacation from the hardest job we'll ever do: fatherhood. You're a lot of things: overwhelmed, stressed, tired... but you're not alone. We're all going through it. As the author John Green said:
“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.”
The good news is that everything gets a little easier when you have a community. Traditional communities aren't easy to come by these days. That's why I wanted to start Paternal Progress and why there are a lot of other great dad-focused communities here on Substack and across the internet. If you're looking for connection and community, drop me a line, and I'll be honored to help.
I hope you enjoyed the new Progress Report. From now on, this newsletter will come to you each Sunday at noon EST to recap the week on Paternal Progress and maybe give you some things to do or think about. Do you know someone who might like to see this each week? Share it with them: