A father going through divorce needs to accept what happened, then build concrete systems like a morning routine and disciplined finances to stabilize. Supporting two households on one income is hard, so focus on earning more rather than cutting back. Caring for your ex's well-being protects your kids.
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It's blown up. It's not what it was before, okay? Number 2, adapt. Stop asking why this happened and start asking what do I do now? You gotta adapt. You gotta create systems in your life, systems that can rebuild your life. A morning routine that anchors you, some new financial habits that will stabilize you, because your finances now, it's blown up. It's not what it was before, okay? You got what was in one household is now in two households, and the same income from that single household, and now you have to take care of two homes instead of one. Now you got child support, and you need to support two households now, right? The kids need clothes in two houses now. Everything needs double sets. So what you need to do is change your financial habits, adapt. We gotta figure a way to make new income. You need to figure out, how can I increase my income? And it's not, how do I decrease my income right now because I'm not going to give it to her, right? It's not that. It's to learn how to make more money. Why? You don't want your kid's mom to suffer, okay? You don't want her to suffer. It's okay, whatever happened happened. You want her to be okay. Why? So that your kids can be okay too. Accept, adapt, rebuild.