For the last decade, I have been working really hard for myself.

I have always told myself that I need to be diligent to have a “better future“. It’s the reason I work late nights, I study hard, learn new things and grab every possible opportunity for personal and career advancement.

However, the truth is that future has actually been vague.

I have never really defined it well.

Sure. I am now married. We live in a nice house. This could be the better future I have been asking for, right?

Well, no. It does not feel like it.

That all changed in November 2021.

That was the month I knew my wife is pregnant. We are going to have a baby. I am going to be a father.

Things started to change. My perspective started to narrow down to creating a better future for the family we are building.

I guess this is what fatherhood does.

It gave my hard work, diligence and perseverance a whole new meaning and purpose.

This is clearly the future I have been thinking about.

This is the future I want.

And, this is the future I am looking forward to building and improving on.

My wife is now 6 months pregnant and I couldn’t be more excited.

Fatherhood, here I come.