Dave Fleet

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Thoughts on Boston

Dave Fleet

I spent half the night reading Reddit threads outlining the heroism of people on the scene. I went for a run after work, and kept thinking about the horrible scene in Massachusetts. I went home, and sat staring at the TV for hours, watching the reports come in. Five years ago I ran the Boston Marathon.

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Paternity Leave in a Pandemic

Dave Fleet

Mid-way through my leave, I realized that this was distracting me from my kids – given that I couldn’t participate in many activities with them, it was all too easy to get sucked into the latest NYT story or to just scroll down one more time on Reddit. So I stopped bringing my phone with me a lot of the time.

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Paternity Leave in a Pandemic

Dave Fleet

Mid-way through my leave, I realized that this was distracting me from my kids – given that I couldn’t participate in many activities with them, it was all too easy to get sucked into the latest NYT story or to just scroll down one more time on Reddit. So I stopped bringing my phone with me a lot of the time.

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Thoughts on Boston

Dave Fleet

I spent half the night reading Reddit threads outlining the heroism of people on the scene. I went for a run after work, and kept thinking about the horrible scene in Massachusetts. I went home, and sat staring at the TV for hours, watching the reports come in. Five years ago I ran the Boston Marathon.

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