Daddy Dates
I enjoy taking on new projects. But when I do, I try hard to maintain balance in my life with my existing priorities. Sometimes I feel I'm doing a good job, and other times, I feel out of balance. Often when I feel most balanced, it's because I've taken a little extra care to write down most of the stuff I should be expected to remember. For instance, I've gone through periods where I'll write down everything I intend to do in a given day or I'll make notes of when I've spent time with my wife or how much I weighed each week or what my goals are for the month. Most recently, I've been writing down when I've taken each of my kids out on a private one-on-one date. I keep a note entitled "Daddy Dates" in a useful program called Evernote that syncs my notes among all of my electronic devices. I have 5 children (ages 11 - 3), and I can usually fit in about 2 daddy dates per week, so each of the kids can look forward to some alone time w