Imposter Father
13 years in and I'm still faking it. Plus, a new approach to these Friday editions!
In last Friday’s newsletter, I discussed how I needed to pivot away from keeping my book news sequestered to these paid editions, because hardly anyone subscribes to these. It simply doesn’t make much marketing sense to only promote my book to the small percentage of people who pay $5 bucks for these extra missives.
The catch to moving my book-related content to my free Wednesday newsletters is that I now need to replace that content with something else of value. I suggested I could take advice questions (despite my constant, and genuine, assertions that I am no expert and am no more qualified to give parenting advice than any other dipshit with kids, I do have some experience writing funny advice columns), but I have yet to field any requests. Don’t be shy!
And then, in this week’s free Wednesday newsletter, I wrote about which of my kids is my favorite, and mentioned that it’s often my 7yo, partially because he hasn’t wised up to the fact that I’m not a superhero, I’m just another dipshit with kids.
“I’m just saying my youngest is in a good mood more often. His problems are smaller. He laughs more. He likes me more. He is less aware that I’m a fraud.”
The point is that I’m a moron, and even if I’m any good at pareting (I’m not), I don’t ever feel like I’m good at it (because I’m not). And this is not a new sensation for me.
In fact, I wrote about it a few years ago. And in remembering that old post, I realized hey, maybe I can share some of my older stuff, from the blog that’s dead, or from my IG/FB pages that are impossible to sift through. Because it’s new to you!
So that’s one thing I’ll use these Friday editions for: sharing old stuff that’s relevant today. And me admitting that I’m an imposter is evergreen shit!
So below I’ve shared an old post I wrote a few years ago (please forgive any outdated references!), all about how I don’t know what I’m doing and I never will.
Enjoy!