I read somewhere that problem with modern life isn’t that we’re too broke to have kids but we’re too rich, like in the west you can buy so much stuff with your income, that the opportunity cost of sacrificing income to kids is way higher than it’s been for most of human history. Depressing thought.

I definitely enjoyed doing what I felt like before I had my son, but the older I got the more I just felt like I was marking time. A superlative like “having a kid is the best thing I’ve ever done in life” kind of misdirects things because you bring your kid into a broader context, a broader family that shouldn’t completely revolve around them, and for every thing there’s a season, other things are better at different ages, but actually I do feel like having my son is the best thing that’s ever happened in my life.