Paternity leave (work?)

My paternity leave has been going… well as expected. I had hoped to have a lot more downtime and not work as much. But I’ve steadily been doing at least a few hours of work a day for the past few weeks.

A big part of it is that we’re a small team and there’s only so much I can offload to others. I know that I won’t be able to ever fully 100% be offline while working at Secfi. From things as simple as approving bank transfers to certain deals, I just simply need to be the one doing it at this point at Secfi.

The other part of it is that I’m also wired to be productive. I’d be lying if there wasn’t some times I could easily pass off but have decided to take on as well. Watching Netflix for hours is great at times, but I do get bored and find myself gravitating to being productive whether that’s working out, errands, or work.

It’s not so bad. I’m still making sure I bond with Colin as much as possible and I’m present during his wake windows. But he does sleep a lot and that gives me some windows to be productive.

Although my wife thinks I should be relaxing more, I’m not complaining by any means. Secfi and my team has been great to me and I will find more pockets of time to recharge when I need it. The company has been flexible for me and I’m happy to be flexible for the company.

On top of that, we’re on track for a monster November and a killer Q4. Taking more time to relax in the beginning of January sounds a lot better than missing out in November.