There are a few different changes that happens when you have kid. There is the usual sky-high, philosophical I-am-not-looking-at-life-differently stuffs, and then there are the more mundane, practical ones happening out of necessity.

Infants and newborns have their own schedule. At least for mine, she has a fairly rigid schedule on when she sleep, eat, or talk to you at the middle of the night (not that you would understand anything, but she is loud). You will learn to live on a schedule, promptly and immediately. If you have had trouble building up habits, first few months of your child is a good time. You have very little free time, they will be reasonably predictable, and you won’t even have energy to be slacking.

You will learn to be patient too, I don’t know anyone who has won an argument with a crying newborn. It’s good practice to problem solving, without being able to get angry or blame anyone. Sometimes, it’s just Stoicism practice too. You kid will cry you will hold her, she will keep crying, you will keep holding here, and then she will stop. You really can’t tell why, or do anything about it.

In a few years, I’m expecting to be a role model for my kid. I think this is a case where “Do as I say, not as I do” has zero effectiveness. I’m liking my moral so far, I don’t think I will have to do much on that end. But if I tell her to do all the exercises in her textbook, I’m expecting myself to do that as well. There will be a lot of tsumegos, piano practices, and probably math exercises in her, and my future. I will report back on this in 10 years.