Explore
Pick a topic. Each one is its own section, built as I learn it, and the ones marked soon are on the way.
New dad
What to know, sort out and do from early pregnancy to the first year. A checklist you can tick off.
OpenBody
Running, training and ultras. Race reports, a Margaret River 80 km plan and free planning tools.
OpenProvide
Will, insurances, the "If I'm gone" folder, building wealth and home readiness. So your family is covered.
OpenMind
Stoicism, decompressing and meditating your own way, plus short fragments.
OpenDad life
Dad jokes, dad style, and all the cool dad things.
OpenA Manless Man
The book behind the idea: lineage, silence and standing firm. Part of a three-book series.
OpenFamily
Heritage, traditions and values. Schools and when to start thinking about them.
Coming soonWhy this exists
Nobody sits young men down and teaches them the big things: how to look after a partner, a baby and a household, how to protect them if something happens to you, and how to stay steady when life gets loud. A lot of it I learned late, from podcasts, books, courses and mistakes.
I'm not an expert and I won't pretend to be. Where a topic needs one, I'll point you to the real experts and tell you what I did. What you get here is the high-level version from a working dad, so you know what to think about and prepare for.
I run ultras too. They're proof that I can do the hard, boring work for a long time, which is most of what being a dad is.
My family's details stay private. This is about the lessons, not the people.