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Define Your Own Dream: 3 Rules I Broke That Everyone Told Me to Follow

Define Your Own Dream: 3 Rules I Broke That Everyone Told Me to Follow

by Derek | Mar 17, 2026 | Fatherhood, General, Self-Improvement

I am a high school dropout making six figures, a dad who cuddles his six-year-old to sleep every night, and according to some people on the internet, a piece of shit for fighting for custody of my own son. Welcome to my life. Where I break every rule everyone told me...
Stop Expecting Perfection From Your Kid (Try This Instead)

Stop Expecting Perfection From Your Kid (Try This Instead)

by Derek | Mar 12, 2026 | Fatherhood, Self-Improvement

So the other day Tanner and I were in the house and I was asking him repeatedly not to do something and he just wasn’t listening. Being defiant. He’s six years old, he’s at that age where he’s testing everything, whatever, and obviously me as...
Your Dreams Aren’t Yours (And That’s the Problem)

Your Dreams Aren’t Yours (And That’s the Problem)

by Derek | Mar 10, 2026 | Content Creation, Fatherhood, General, Self-Improvement

Here’s a question that might mess with you: Are your dreams actually yours? Or are they just things you absorbed from your parents, your teachers, social media, society at large? I spent years chasing goals that I thought were mine. And when I finally achieved...
Standard Custody Math: Why “Every Other Weekend” Is Only 52 Days With Your Kid

Standard Custody Math: Why “Every Other Weekend” Is Only 52 Days With Your Kid

by Derek | Mar 6, 2026 | Fatherhood, General

Let me start with the math, because I know somebody is going to say I’m being dramatic. I’m not. I literally did the math, and it’s not pretty at all. If you’re a dad who’s been told “every other weekend is standard,” you need...
Father-Son Pokémon Pack Battle: The Night Tanner Pulled the Ultra Rare

Father-Son Pokémon Pack Battle: The Night Tanner Pulled the Ultra Rare

by Derek | Feb 26, 2026 | Content Creation, Fatherhood, Gaming, General

This is one of those nights where I’m like, “Okay, we’re just gonna open a couple packs, keep it chill, get a few hits maybe.” Then my son Tanner turns it into a full-on WWE match with cardboard. Somehow, every single time we open Pokémon cards together, he pulls the...
15 Self-Reflection Questions That Reveal Who You Really Are

15 Self-Reflection Questions That Reveal Who You Really Are

by Derek | Feb 24, 2026 | Fatherhood, General, Self-Improvement

Look, I’m about to share something that made me uncomfortable as hell to discover. I ran myself through this deep question exercise the other day. Not some bullshit “what’s your favorite color” personality quiz. I mean the kind of questions...
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