Dad Math Shorts
Quick, honest math on the hours we trade for a paycheck, and the small moves that buy some back.
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Jesse Harrington
Tired dad of four. I build tools for dads who work long hours.
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Math.
Long shift. Long drive. Kids in bed by eight. For dads who work long hours, the real time with your kids is smaller than you think. Run your numbers, then let's win that window every night.
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Win the Evening
A nightly game plan for tired dads. You walk in the door, open it, and get three fun ideas sized for the time and energy you actually have left.
- Start with the Dad Check. A quick quiz finds the one evening problem you most want to fix.
- Pick from three plays a night, matched to your kids' ages. Or tap "just pick for me."
- Let your kid choose sometimes. Some plays are built to hand them the decision.
- Never overwhelming. Every play works for a dad running on empty, and there are surprises along the way.
$39
$19
Version 1 intro price. It goes up to $39 later.
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Filmed in my car on lunch breaks, because the house is too loud and I'm too tired after bedtime. No studio, no guru act.
AI for Busy Parents
I show you exactly how I use AI to plan dinners, bedtimes and chores, so evenings run smoother.
See the playlistWinning the Evening
The tired-dad story in real time: what I'm trying each night with my four kids, what works, what flops.
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Tools that give you time back
Built by a dad, tested on my own kids. Start with the free ones.
A Week of Dinners Free
Answer a few questions and get a full week of dinners your family will actually eat.
Dad Math Calculator Free
Your real hours with your kids this week, one square per hour. Screenshot it and send it to a dad who'd get it.
Teen Chore Chart Builder Etsy
Builds a weekly chore schedule, a phone checklist for your teen, and allowance tracking.
ChatGPT for the Busy Dad Etsy
Copy-and-paste prompts for meals, schedules, bedtime battles and the stuff that eats your evenings.
On the workbench
I build in public. Here's what's shipped, what's close, and what's still in pieces.
- LiveA Week of DinnersFree dinner planner. Use it tonight.
- LiveWin the EveningNightly plays for dads who work long hours. Version 1 intro price: $19.
- BuildingGrocery list toolTurns your dinner plan into one quick shopping list.
- SomedayLegacy Dad VaultRecord messages now, delivered to your kids years from today.
- 4 kids
- 20+ years on the job
- Videos shot in a parked car
- Zero guru energy
About Jesse
I'm Jesse. I'm a tired dad, not a guru.
I've spent more than twenty years in a customer service job, working long days and coming home to a short window before bedtime. For a long time I thought providing meant the paycheck. It doesn't. It means being there.
So I started using AI and simple systems to claw back time, and I share all of it here: the tools, the experiments, the stuff that didn't work. My goal is to get my evenings back, and help you get yours.
If you only have two hours tonight, I want to help you make them the best two hours of their day.
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