Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

The Old Scorecard

Daily Chase #197

Feb 03, 2026
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When you become a parent, the hardest adjustment isn’t the sleep deprivation or the chaos. It’s realizing that the person you were - the one who measured success by PRs and training volume - doesn’t exist anymore.

That version of you isn’t coming back. And fighting that reality is what can create suffering.

We spend years b…

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