Kids approach creativity with a freedom most adults have forgotten. In this episode, Ryan talks with bestselling author Austin Kleon about why having children can enrich your creative life, finding time for creative work, and why parenting and creativity do not have to compete with each other.

Austin Kleon is a writer, author, artist, speaker, and blogger. He is most known for his  New York Times bestselling books Steal Like An Artist:10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, Show Your Work!, Keep Going, Steal Like An Artist Journal, Newspaper Blackout, and now his new book: Don’t Call It Art: 10 Ways To Create Like A Kid Again

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You can follow his work at austinkleon.com, Instagram @austinkleon, and Twitter @austinkleon.

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While we don’t have our families as much as we like, as inevitable as partings are, as constant as the missing is, we do get to carry them with us

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Right now, you have them. That does not last forever.

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Our kids don’t always need another lecture. They don’t always need us to explain it one more time. They need us to help them see it.

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Where could you be more affectionate and connected and loving? And more importantly, what do you think it would change if you did?

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You don’t have to spoil your kids, but as we’ve said, you can and must take them seriously.

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Long walks, travel delays, upset stomachs, public meltdowns, and at least one parent swearing they are never leaving the house again. In today’s episode, Ryan and Sam talk about why the hardest trips often build the most character and somehow become the memories everyone wants to relive.

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We all wrongly think of these milestones as points our kids will reach someday, as opposed to transitions that are already ongoing.

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You deserve time with them. But you’re going to have to fight for it and protect it. 

📚 Books mentioned: The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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You only get so much time with them. This is how you’re going to spend it?

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