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Comments - Don’t sacrifice the wrong thing

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I began emailing essays into the void on 30 May 2021, 53 days before Rebecka, our youngest daughter was born. This writing experiment has followed roughly the same trajectory as the baby. In 2021, Escaping Flatland's prime achievement was putting a few toys in its mouth (a handful of essays read by about fifty people). But then, around the time Rebecka got up on her legs and learned to talk, I found a voice and picked up pace. This made me cry. I want to find the spheres, write more and bike more While it may not be the easiest path to take. But the rewards are so often hidden. Inspired by your bravery! keeping me honest! 🙏🏾 This was a very honest letter. I read it with a tinge of envy of your courage. It takes clarity to be this courageous and it's wonderful that you have clearly prioritized what being rich means to you. I wish you happiness and even more clarity down the path you've chosen. P.s: I wonder if you'd taken that offer, if you'd get a comment from someone in Nigeria. I'v

This one bounced around in my head all morning, as your pieces so often do. A couple reflections: I wonder to what extent the culture you live in enables you to prioritize the way you have? I don't just mean the culture of your family/partnership, which you've made clear, but the larger culture of your town and your country? Sara and I made similar decisions when our kids were very young: we "shared" a job running a small book-packaging company so that one of us could always be with the kids, and that time with them was, to use a stereotyped but utterly true word, priceless. Later, years…

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