Paul Jacobson

Tag: kids

  • Happy Dads' Day!

    Today is Fathers’ Day in South Africa (and possibly for you too). I prefer “Dads’ Day” and this is my little greeting. I love being a Dad. Our kids’ arrival introduced an amazing dimension to my life which shifted priorities, focus and purpose. It has been a wild ride and although it isn’t always hugs…

  • A reminder of what its all about, at least for me

    Wow, what a year this has been. “Challenging” doesn’t quite describe it for me. My business is evolving rapidly and about to take what could potentially be a radical leap in a fairly different direction and while I’m excited about it, it also scares me more than a little (which means it is probably also…

  • Lunchtime project: a primitive cardboard projector

    Our son is home sick so we came up with the idea of making a cardboard projector during lunch today. We used an old Jungle Oats cereal box, a toilet roll core and cling wrap for a basic lens. We secured the cling wrap using an elastic band (hair elastic in our case) and we…

  • Scraggily, like a Rabbi?

    I just trimmed my beard and explained to my son that I prefer to trim my beard so it doesn’t become scraggily (perhaps not the best word but it came to mind). So he asks me – like a Rabbi? I thought that was pretty funny.

  • "No diamond, no moving in. No exceptions"

    I’m saving this for our daughter for that conversation in a decade in a half or so. Source: Dad-isms

  • A letter to a young child from his dying mother

    “From 1994” Short Film from Casey Warren | MINDCASTLE on Vimeo. This is a powerful and emotional video and it touches on something I’ve thought about a couple times. We don’t know how much longer we have in this life. If our time came to an end today, what would we want to leave behind…

  • Never be afraid to hug your daughter

    I’m reading The Great Discontent interview with Merlin Mann (an inspiration) and just read this bit that I love: When my wife and I found out that we were having a girl—and I hope this doesn’t sound sexist or anything—the women I talked to all said the same thing: “Never be afraid to hug your…

  • Just a plane landing in our lounge