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Second Dad Field Notes

Second Dad Field Notes

Written by: Liam Gately
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Field Notes are short, unfinished audio observations.


Thinking made visible before it becomes doctrine.


They are not advice.

Not conclusions.

Not performance.


Each episode begins with something noticed and stays with it long enough to examine, test, and complicate it, without rushing to resolve it.


Some notes go nowhere.

Some later become structure.

Many won’t.


They sit under Second Dad, not alongside it.


Margin notes.

Not standards.

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Episodes
  • FIELD NOTES 005 - No Worries

    FIELD NOTES 005 - No Worries
    Mar 5 2026

    Someone says “no worries” when there clearly were worries.

    Most of the time, the moment closes there.

    This Field Note isn’t about politeness, communication styles, or social habits.

    It’s about noticing what you rely on when you accept the phrase and move on.

    The relief of being let off.

    The convenience of not staying.

    And the quiet recognition that sometimes, “no worries” doesn’t actually close anything, it just delays it.

    This episode ends where the noticing does.
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    5 mins
  • FIELD NOTES 004 - Valentine’s Day & Scripted Intimacy

    FIELD NOTES 004 - Valentine’s Day & Scripted Intimacy
    Feb 19 2026

    Valentine’s Day offers a ready-made script for intimacy.

    You know what to do. You do it. And for a moment, something settles.

    This Field Note isn’t about romance, tradition, or whether the day is “good” or “bad.”

    It’s about noticing the quiet relief that comes from doing what’s expected, and the discomfort that appears when that performance doesn’t quite count as enough.

    Not because anything went wrong.

    But because the harder version of intimacy doesn’t come with a date, a script, or a clear ending.

    This episode stops before resolution.

    It stays with the moment you realise you were hoping the performance would let you off.
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    5 mins
  • FIELD NOTES 003 - Mini Roundabouts & Confident Confusion

    FIELD NOTES 003 - Mini Roundabouts & Confident Confusion
    Feb 12 2026
    A short observational note on mini roundabouts.Not about traffic law, but about what happens when certainty replaces attention.No advice. No resolution.
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    6 mins
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