"Trad Dad" is now "The Intentional Man"

Rejecting Passivity Every Step of the Way

As you can see, I’ve changed the name of my Substack blog from Trad Dad to The Intentional Man.

My reasons are simple:

Negative connotations surrounding the “trad” name

In some circles, the “trad” moniker has a negative connotation. It can bring up the image of a dominating and abusive father and husband. Since this goes counter to who I am as a dad to my four sons and as a lover of my wife of 45 years, I felt it was wise to change the name so as to take away any obstacles some may have to subscribing, opening and/or reading what I have to say.

The new name encompasses more completely the topics I may want to cover.

Changing the name will also broaden the topics I want to write about to include more than just family-related matters. Intentionality covers a lot more ground and actually plays a critical role if a man (or woman) wants to live a life of significance. Passivity, on the other hand, can lead to a life that slowly fades into insignificance.

For most of my life, I have tried to be intentional in the way I approached every aspect of my life. But there have been failures. To my regret, there have also been periods of passivity. And I have not always succeeded in everything I was intentional about - because sometimes I was intentional about the wrong things.

That’s where these Substack posts come in. Part of growing old is the wisdom that comes along with it - usually by looking back at mistakes one has made.

For my female readers, I’m sure you noticed the “man” in the title. Yes, I will be posting from a male perspective - that’s what I know best. However, I believe a lot of what I will cover will apply to both genders.

But please note: I will not stop posting about marriage and family

Marriage and family are still the most important areas of life to me — and the area we should be most intentional about. In fact, the family is THE critical building block of society – the basic structure around which godly communities and countries are formed. That means I will continue to share stories and life lessons Deb and I have learned over the years as the topic allows.

I hope you will continue to follow along on my writing adventure. Thank you!