Nick Bare

What I'm not loving, this was actually a hard one to come up with.

And I had to really sit and think on this.

And I was having a conversation with Steph about this last night.

What I'm not loving is the pressure we put on ourselves to

to constantly entertain the seriousness of life and the stress, the unnecessary stress or stressors that we add on to life when they're really not that big of deals.

And I believe, and I want my kids to see this as they grow up and I teach them and mentor and disciple them that

You can work really, really hard.

You can be ruthlessly ambitious towards your goals, but still have fun and still joke around and not take things or yourself too serious.

And I want my kids to see that from me.

I'm very aware and conscious of that.

What I don't want my kids to see from me growing up is

this dad who was always serious, who was always on, who was always working, who was always stressed.

Because I don't think that benefits anyone, especially not yourself or the people in your life.

But I think we put this unnecessary pressure on ourself to take things too serious, everything too serious.

When in the grand scheme of things, there's a lot that we

entertain and manage and have to address on a daily basis that isn't that serious.

That isn't the end of the world.

That isn't going to be life or death or even lose money or security or financial status and stability.

But we unnecessarily stress over dumb stuff a lot.

I do it myself.