12/06/2026
Time is the most valuable thing I’ve got.
I think I always sort of knew that, but since having my son it’s hit home even more. You can always make more money. You don’t get more time.
I work from home most of the time, which is a privilege I don’t take for granted. It means I get to see my boy whenever I want. First thing, middle of the day, whenever.
But that freedom only works if there’s some structure behind it. So I block my time out. Proper chunks for proper work, and it still gets done. It just happens around the real stuff. A bottle feed, a nappy change, then back to it.
Funny thing is, having my son has actually made me sharper at this. When your time stops being just yours, you learn to protect it properly. He’s the reason I block things off the way I do now.
And that discipline, plus having the right support around me, is exactly why I can continue to take on big, exciting new projects. The type that eat up a lot of my hours. A while back that might have felt like too much. Now I know my time’s accounted for, and the bits that matter most stay protected.
