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No. 06 — June — building the airplane mid-air

You could say I’m a workaholic the facts. You could also say I’m the solo breadwinner for a family of five, and I’m self-employed. Basically making this up as I go along.

I’m literally building the airplane mid-air, duct-taping the black box and the wings and shit together while we catch a bit of tailwind.

It’s real. I’m just making this up.

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I am a dad. These are not advice. They are the record of one person trying to stay awake for his own life, typed fast and mailed to you so you might stay awake for yours.

Now I’m going to see if I can get the jet ski started. It’s borrowed. At a borrowed cabin. But let’s not equivocate: a jet ski is a jet ski.

This is borrowed time.

— the dad who writes it