Life is too short, never settle.
“Get used to it,” my old boss told me when 8hr. day shift job changed to variable 8-10hr. night shift. This would effectively remove me from spending time with my wife and young children.
Took his advice as catalyst to engineer the greatest adventure of my life… Transferred to job across country, hugely upgrading living conditions for my family. New boss completely understanding of the demands on a parent, adjusts my work schedule accordingly.
I am so thankful for my new boss, but I am even more thankful for old boss… for giving me the worst advice I’ve ever received in my life.
Pray this man is done reproducing.
When my daughter was an infant, my wife couldn’t breastfeed and my daughter couldn’t digest formula very well, so I had to buy a special predigested formula for like $25/can.
I was at the cashier paying for the formula. The guy in front of me was gathering his things. He said to me, he says, “When my kids were babies, I wish I knew what I know now.”
I was like, “What’s that? What do you know?”
He says, “Babies don’t need formula. All they need is sugar water. All the rest is a scam.”
I was like, “I’m so glad you didn’t know that back then.”
People should have to pass a test in order to reproduce.
While I was in nursing school we ran a weekend free clinic with RNs and NPs. A woman brought her 6 month old in and we all immediately could see something was wrong with him. When we asked what the child’s diet consisted of she said low fat almond milk because she read something on the internet about how a low fat diet is good (presumably for adults). No formula or any other supplement. Her child had been surviving on just almond milk since he was born. Considering how vital fat is to the growing brain, I can only imagine the consequences to his cognitive and neurological development.