How does being a parent help me in my work?

My son was born 3 months ago.I knew that life was going to change with his arrival into the world.The people I talked to mentioned that there would be changes.Some said that nothing would be the same anymore as it was before, others told me how lucky they were.I knew that the direction of the changes would depend on my approach and would be very subjective.Now after 3 months, I can say that things are stabilizing.And the changes that have taken place are a big surprise to me, although I prepared for them for months.

Work has always taken up a lot of my time. Typical 8 hours, I can’t remember when I worked, it was always more. As a CEO, I don’t always have assignments. Sometimes I need to think about concepts, business directions or simply step away for a few steps to see things from a different perspective. I was concerned that when the baby came, I would have to sacrifice a little sleep, or a few hours of work. I didn’t assume that I would be passive in raising a child.

After the birth of my son, I was focused on two things: taking care of him and work.This meant that I had absolutely no time for hobbies. The only thing left for me was the gym. This I could not let go of, burning off stress twice a week significantly increased my humanity at home.

After a few weeks, I noticed that some patterns were emerging. I agreed with my wife that 2 hours a day she would sleep before the night, and I would be with the little one. In addition, two nights a week I sleep with him. All this during the week, because it is known that weekends are largely for the family.

During those two hours a day, I noticed that my son simply ate and fell asleep. During that time, I was catching up on consuming my backlog of YouTube videos. After a while, however, I noticed that the algorithm was prompting me to do exactly the same things. It was pointless to watch the same topics over and over again, with the same conclusions. In addition, it all coincided with the titles of the videos, which strongly began to annoy me. The usual click-baits. I thought, why don’t I read something instead?

This is how I bought my first ebook on Amazon and sent myself to the freshly set up Kindle app on my iPad. I quickly set up the screen for myself to read in the evenings, fonts, background color, etc. That same evening I read a few dozen pages, holding my son on my lap while he slept.

The next day, the son still had some strength to play after eating, but immediately after he fell asleep instead of YT I switched to Kindle. That evening I also read a few dozen pages. In this way, I discovered a great space for myself to read. To expand my knowledge. To enrich myself while taking care of my newborn son. But that’s not all.

And what happens on the weekends? Depending on what mood the little one is in, because sometimes he wants to explore, sometimes he prefers to lie down and listen to what is being said to him. And then I take my iPad and read to him. The only change I had to make was to change the pace of reading and the tone of my voice. Thanks to this, he is very interested and I guess, he is not overstimulated. Because he is satisfied and we often read to each other for up to 45 minutes. Before something starts to bother him. Usually it is a diaper or an empty tummy.

As I am from Poland, it sometimes happens that I do not have a translation of the book I want to read. Then I have to stay with the English version. My son absolutely has no problem listening to me read to him in English. Even more! There are plenty of materials on the web saying how positive the effects of reading in two languages to young children, even starting from the first month of their life.

There is no harm in saying in conclusion, also about what is left of it for me? Well, a lot! For the first weeks after the birth, I could not find obsolescence for many things that I liked to do before.However, for reading I found this space together with my son.Now I allow myself to choose books, and I want to make the most of this time.Because I know that soon, I will have to choose a repertoire more suitable for him.

I sincerely encourage you to put aside the social networks and pick up a book. Even the electronic one. There is hidden knowledge and experience of people collected over the years. Let’s draw from it as much as we can and when we can. Because it’s never too much of personal development. That no one can take away from us, and it will always stay with us. Until the end.

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