I’ve always been very good at prioritizing family over work. Those are the only two things I do – and sometimes trail running. In early March one of my twin 10-year-olds said for the first time “Daddy, it seems like you never have time to play with us, you are always talking to people about Altadena!”
I was proud – that it had taken ten years for me to hear that, and that the problem I was working on and sacrificing parenting for was not making money, but rebuilding a community. I worked very hard for about 6 weeks in the first quarter of 2025 to figure out how to rebuild homes for insurance values. First, I figured out what insurance pays (they have a system), and then I designed a system to build my quality for that rate.
It was a lot of work, But I’m back to refereeing AYSO games and gardening with the kids on the weekend.