Building a Chore Chart With Your Bare Hands
Let's talk about "Dad Guilt"
Whether you are currently on spring break or just trying not to be "spring broke," the struggle of dad guilt is a universal experience. The fellas dive into the work-versus-presence conundrum, exploring how early "husband guilt" evolves into a paternal fear of missing out on key milestones.
Then, they get honest about the triggers of feeling like a "warm body" while zoning out on soccer scores and the "comparison trap" sparked by other dads’ elaborate chore charts or "Spanish Wednesdays". From using a "brick" to battle phone distraction to the realization that most parenting is "caught, not taught," this conversation offers much-needed grace.
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The Barnes fam headed to London and Paris this week for spring break and were lucky enough to go to an Arsenal game - and not just any Arsenal game - but maybe one of the better games ever at the Emirates.
Not only did we win by scoring in the last few seconds, but the second goal to ice it was scored by Arsenal’s 16-year-old wonderkid Max Dowman, becoming the youngest ever goal scorer in the English Premier League. To say the place - and the Barnes family - went crazy would be an understatement. It’s really quite the experience being in a place like that where EVERYONE is going crazy - it’s a crazy form of euphoria.
Up the Arsenal!
It’s been a pretty wild stretch over here lately—in the best way.
We kicked off the Symphonies Across America tour with Ben Rector in Minneapolis with two sold-out shows, then headed out to Portland to play with the Oregon Symphony, and I just got back from Costa Mesa where we did a couple shows with the Pacific Symphony. And honestly … playing with a full orchestra is one of those experiences that just doesn’t get old. Ben and I keep looking at each other backstage like, “Can you believe we get to do this?”
On top of that, the SCENARIOS shows are coming up in a few weeks, and I’m really excited about these. We’re kicking things off at the legendary Troubadour, which feels pretty surreal. If we’re coming anywhere near you, I’d love to see you there—seriously, come hang.
And one more thing … last week I got to play Carnegie Hall for the first time, honoring one of my all-time heroes, Billy Joel.
No big deal. Totally normal week. Definitely not still thinking about that constantly.
So I guess my “pick” for the week is to play music in front of your musical hero and if you can’t do that then play with an orchestra!
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