One thing I’ve learned over the past 13 years is that the parts one thought would be easy were actually hard. But the things one thought would be hard are actually very easy, namely “fancy” meals and other “luxury” every day stuff.
I’m currently redoing the bedroom of my oldest kid (removing an ancient bathroom so he gets more space, and rebuilding a wall for extra soundproofing. It surprised me how happy he was about learning these two nuggets:
He gets to choose any color he wants for the walls.
One thing I’ve learned over the past 13 years is that the parts one thought would be easy were actually hard. But the things one thought would be hard are actually very easy, namely “fancy” meals and other “luxury” every day stuff.
I’m currently redoing the bedroom of my oldest kid (removing an ancient bathroom so he gets more space, and rebuilding a wall for extra soundproofing. It surprised me how happy he was about learning these two nuggets: