Work life balance for dads is not a 50/50 split. It is deciding, on purpose, what gets less of you this season, so the thing that matters most gets your attention instead of your leftovers. For about six years, I did it the hard way: replaying the day on the drive home, deciding I had fallen short, promising tomorrow would be different, then doing it all again. One evening at work, it hit me that staying later would not finish everything. There would always be more work than