- 1:54 PM,
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019:
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- One of my biggest
concerns when approaching fatherhood, as
humblebraggingish as this sounds, was that I cast a
pretty intense shadow. It honestly makes me difficult
to live with as a partner. Christ this is an arrogant
opening. LOL. I do so many things effortlessly well
that if you're at all trying to compare? It sucks.
Obviously, Talya and I are very happy and have found
balance but make no mistake, sometimes she wants to
punch me in the face because shit comes SOOOOOOOOOO
easy to me. Please let me get out of this
paragraph...
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- ...so with kids? I
was always concerned this would make them feel awful.
Especially with Cam, he will always be trying to
one-up me (and absolutely will someday I have no
doubt) and is it inspiring if he can't? Or is it
defeatist for them? Depends on their personality of
course. But I'm finally seeing that my concerns were
silly and in fact my unique past is allowing me to
help my kids in a ton of different areas because I've
spent so much time in a TON of different areas. I
don't have to push them in any one direction,
literally anything they're interested in? I've done.
Again, that sounds arrogant but man SOMETHING has to
come from 20 years of The Journey and constantly
reinventing yourself, right?
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- So when it was
clear Vienna loved art and creating? Oh I'm right here
girl. Let's go out and make something that never
existed before...
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- I am so proud
of her and our ability to make art together. THAT was
cool. That was her day and I was able to capture it in
a very "Adam" way that she can enjoy and also feel
proud of. I've been teaching her more and more about
layers and graphic art stuff and she takes to it so
well. I'm thrilled that I have a background in
something she's interested in.
Cameron is now basketball nuts and still loves video
games, competition and bikes! I love just following
their lead and seeing what part of my life I get
to dive into for background to help them. I'm sure
they'll go into an area I've never been before and
I'll enjoy that too... but especially when it comes to
creative stuff I feel like I can give Vienna a HUGE
leg-up on "finding herself". Finding your passion can
sometimes take decades but I really think I can
help Vienna get there during her
childhood.
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- If you haven't
noticed, I adore being a father.
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- Adam
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