And then I look over and see my wife, and she’s not on night shift, and I have no interest in any productivity ritual, and I will sleep fine 30 minutes from now.

Or is journalling the new cigarette? “That was awesome, I’m just going to take 10 minutes to recap my day now instead of snuggling.”

There should be a rating system: “Appropriate for Singles” — “Appropriate for Couples with no kids” — “Appropriate for real life with Significant Other and kids”.

If you can’t be productive with no family responsibilities, depending on external crutches and frameworks, what will you do in the chaos and disruption of parenting?

That being said, I’m going to go back to cruising Medium rather than actually working, so what do I know?