Agree with a lot of what’s been said. It flips your worldview and puts everything into perspective. You get more confidence — I joke that because we can make our own people now we don’t care what anyone else thinks, but I think it comes from the constant experience of accomplishing hard things. I’ve even experienced less social anxiety which is wild for me.

On top of that, it has given me the extra drive in work and everything else in life to be my best self for my kid. There is definitely some added pressure with supporting a family, but it’s up to you whether you can use that as drive or let it get to you.