Forget Matt D’Avela, Do This Morning Routine Every Day Instead to Boost Fatherliness

Or, why I stopped running and started walking instead

Rooster and chicken (1900–1930) by Ohara Koson (1877–1945). Original from The Rijksmuseum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. In the public domain, CC0.

Whether I’d like to or not, I wake up at 6 am. I have an 8-month-old child, and she just likes to wake up right as the night wipes itself into memory. Luckily she doesn’t yell very often, just makes soft baby noises to let us know…