The Myth of Quality Time
In some corners of the Internet there’s a fascination with traditionalism, and criticism of the ways the openness and optionality of modernity have left people feeling lost. I’ve always felt like, look, I could never be a traditionalist, because I don’t want to give birth to five kids without anesthesia and spend half of my day cleaning up around... See more
Quality time is the thing that makes space for self-disclosure. As a husband and father, I cannot expect to sit down once a month for five minutes and ask, “how are you doing?” expecting to enjoy a relationship of intimacy, trust, and transformation. Most, if not all, the moments of profound revelation that come out in a relationship come when you
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