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Last week, I wrote 2 checks to Canadian founders 🇨🇦
This week, I'd like to write 2 more.
Who's raising?
My wife and I had a son 5 months ago.
We were both uncertain if we wanted him.
Why? We really enjoyed our life and the fear of a new variable disrupting that was very scary.
And the first 2 months into it, we were still uncertain. It felt more like a nuisance than a benefit.
We also lived a life of extremes. Each with 120+ nights per year in a hotel, hiking every weekend, racing cars and a ton of solo time. The relative change was real.
There's a mourning of your old life.
But then the postpartum hormonal extravaganza ends, you settle into the change and adapt to the new.
You realize how incredibly special a child is.
It's difficult to explain until you have one, but I liken it to the gut punch feeling and chemistry you experience with a first love. There's a draw to that person that is more important to you than anything else. And the weirdest part is no one else feels this same yearning.
If you don't have a kid, this might also help you understand how looking at your kid is way different than looking at someone else's... because I really don't care for anyone else's.
But mine? When I'm away for more than 4 hours I catch myself smiling at a photo of him and anxiously anticipating when I get to see him again
You solidify the family unit. And imagine a future together that's much greater than "happy".
Then there's a wonderful realization you can still thread in the parts of your old life that mattered.
Prioritization becomes clear.
My wife and I learned how to work even better together for each other, ourselves and the family.
Could we have been fine without kids? Probably. We're pretty adaptable as humans.
But does the good outweigh the bad and is that worth taking a chance on the regret index? Absolutely. 100x.
It's difficult to explain, but I suppose anything encoded into us over millions of years is.
Seth Rogen says he and his wife are now more grateful than ever that they decided not to have children he’s not afraid to explain why.
He admits they used to question whether they’d made the right decision, but now their conversations have shifted to, “Honestly, thank God we don’t have children.”
His reasoning? They’re in the prime of their lives, understand themselves better than ever, and have the freedom to pursue their careers, enjoy life, and build the kind of relationship they’ve always wanted.
But Seth took it a step further, saying he sees people with children struggling to find the same time for work and personal enjoyment that he and his wife have.
“I seem to get a lot more active enjoyment out of not having kids than anyone I know seems to get out of having kids.”
That statement will probably divide people. Some see raising children as life’s greatest joy, while others believe a fulfilling life doesn’t have to include parenthood.
Do you think Seth has a point, or is there a kind of happiness you can only understand after having children?
Work travel either means eating like a king 8 meals a day, or not eating at all. There is no in between
Canadian btw 🇨🇦
Excited to share that we've raised $11M in pre-seed funding to bring Lume to more homes.
Our lamp that does your chores, was also recently named one of TIME's Best Inventions of 2026!
Grateful to everyone who believed in @bySyncere early. Back to shipping.
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Life felt infinite until I had a kid.
Now it feels incredibly visceral and depressingly short
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Also, if you're an airline that's not using starlink yet, what tf are you doing
I had a flight booked with Air Canada.
Also, Alberta ended daylight savings time today.
The app says 5:35pm
The notifications say 5:35pm
The calendar invite says 5:35pm
Want to guess what time the flight took off at?
Just celebrate great Canadian entrepreneurs doing something ambitious or go back to bed.
To all these cynics dunking on the @cohere round;
Canada has invested in private entities for years. The CDC has done it for decades successfully in mining, petrochemicals and pharma (TMC pipeline and many others).
This is a regular practice in defense and military. AI is at least as important.
It's not picking a winner. It's co-investment with the best company in the world @nvidia.
Just celebrate great Canadian entrepreneurs doing something ambitious or go back to bed.
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I got to my desk today with 5 things to do, did like 8 things, and now leaving with 6 things to do
