Embrace Mayhem
You’re here because your life is chaotic and unpredictable while also filled with unrealistic expectations that you might be finding yourself questioning at the moment. Welcome to the club. You’ve found the right place and we’ve kept the coffee lukewarm for you.
We’re Brittany and Nick, your hosts for the next little bit. We’re your stereotypical Millennial (though we identify as Gen Z) parents to three incredible maniacs while we navigate the professional and parenting worlds. We’ve spent the last several years trying to understand why the fuck everyone wants to tell us what to do or how to be the best parent/spouse/employee/whatever out there and it finally dawned on us: perfection just doesn’t exist.We’re not going to bore you with all the nitty gritty details. Growing up in small-town Ohio, we saw
Why We’re Here
We thought we had our shit together. Got married, got some good jobs, moved to a house in the ‘burbs, filled the house with kiddos. We did everything “right” and yet… something was off. There was always a nagging feeling of not being good enough or doing enough or whatever. Our kids went to bed clean, safe, and fed. What else can there be? Well, it turns out, everyone has an opinion and we were giving it way too much brain space. So long story short, we stopped giving a shit.
Ok, that’s not entirely true. We started picking what we give a shit about. Now when you visit our home, you’ll see the plastic factory that exploded all over our house. Clean laundry will probably be stacked in unconventional places. And someone’s iPad will always be on way, way too loud because they didn’t hear when we asked them to turn it down. And that’s totally cool with us.
The Experiment
This website isn’t about telling you how to be a better parent. Or hell, even a good parent. We’re all about helping you discover how to live as authentically as you can. That’s the real experiment that hopefully will help you be “better”, whatever that looks like for you. How can you maintain your sense of self through the mayhem of parenting and careering? We are going to challenge you to:
- Recognize that you are already doing great, you just have to buy in
- Drop the mom-guilt and dad-shame
- Embrace the mayhem (it may be crazy, but it’s your crazy)
- Accept that you’re more than just Mom and Dad (though… being Mom and Dad is kinda like superhero status)
What to Expect
We promise to never provide you the polished view or any of that other aspirational bullshit. Go to Instagram for that (and follow us, btw). We’ll show you the real side of raising a family – the one you already know but we all pretend we don’t – so at the very least you will feel better about yourself. This is a judgment free zone, for the most part. We do have some standards and we’ll find them as we go.
If this seems like something you’re into, then go warm up your coffee for the 3rd time, get your reading glass (god we’re getting old), and let’s navigate this wild parenting journey together. If we stick together, some of us may even survive.