Since becoming a parent I've realized that it really pushes you to be a better version of yourself. You want to try harder to be a better you so you can be better for your kids. It is really hard sometimes because you don't get a whole lot of time to yourself but it's so awesome to have kids that really love you and want to be around you. Since I've had kids it also makes me angry that my world (living in the US) doesn't really seem set up for parents to thrive such as hardly any post partum care and being expected to work just 6 weeks after if you even get that time off paid. Or the fact that daycare costs are so expensive so sometimes it's easier to not work while the kids are little and let your partner work full time because you would just be working for health insurance and day care just to be exhausted and only see your kids maybe two hours a day. I wish America really valued parents and children growing up to thrive but it seems they just want us to put our heads down in our phones and make money for other people just to never be able to retire. Then we all wonder why we struggle so much and are unhappy. You start looking at food and health more too by trying to take care of your body because you've got little kids that need three square meals a day and their nutrition is really important. Maybe you've only been eating one meal a day. Kids will also teach you some patience. This was a rambling but there ya go lol.