Hello and welcome to my blog, The Joyful Dad! I’m Paul Burnsworth and I absolutely love being a dad to my daughter, Flora Joy.

One of the first distinct emotions I felt when becoming a dad was joy. The second was severe exhaustion. The joy of being a dad is so unique and difficult to convey that I think it gets buried for a lot of dads. I also think men are just less likely to talk openly about a topic like joy.

I started this blog to do the opposite. I hope to use this platform to dig further into what makes being a dad feel so rich and, maybe, if I do a good job, inspire other dads to be open about the joy that their kids evoke in them.

My intent isn’t to provide advice for several reasons:

1. There are plenty of other creators out there doing that.

2. I’m a somewhat new first-time dad who has a ton of learning to do. I have ideas about what makes a good dad but there is no one-size-fits-all approach to fatherhood.

3. I believe that, since fatherhood is unique to all dads, we all have great dad potential in us that just needs a little motivation at times.

Thanks for reading. For more information on the blog, read my post here.