A simple monthly system for filming the real, everyday moments of your kids growing up, turning them into a private show your family can watch on the couch for the next 50 years.
"We watched our March episode on the couch last Sunday. My partner cried. I've never built anything I'm prouder of."
A camera roll with thousands of photos. A few half-edited reels. That folder called "FOR LATER" you haven't opened in two years.
Documenting your kid's life is one of those things every parent agrees matters, and almost nobody actually keeps doing.
Your kid is the youngest they will ever be: today.
It's not your fault. The systems are broken.
The Family Cut is built on a stupid-simple loop. The same loop that's run unbroken in my own family for three years and counting.
A small dedicated camera. Always in your pouch. When a moment makes you feel: press record. That's the only rule.
Last Sunday of the month. SD card into your Mac. The Memory Stitcher (included) joins your clips into one file. 30 minutes, done.
Plex picks up the new episode automatically. Open the Plex app on your TV. There it is, right next to Netflix. Family movie night, but it's your actual family.
Every great TV series starts with a pilot episode. So does yours.
Here's the trap with a monthly system: if you start on the 1st, your first real episode could be 30 days away. That's a long time to wait to find out whether something is worth doing.
So we don't wait. Over seven days you'll shoot, stitch and watch your first episode. At the end of the week you'll have a Pilot Episode, and you'll feel exactly why this becomes a habit you keep for life.
Don't aim for good. Aim for done. A finished two-minute pilot you've actually watched beats a perfect one you never assembled.
One year in, you've got Season 1. Eighteen years in, your kid has the most precious thing you could ever give them when they leave home. Fifty years in, your grandkids watch what you were like as a young parent. That's the long game.
What you're actually building, and the legacy mindset that makes the next 18 years feel inevitable instead of impossible.
The exact dad cam to buy at three price points, the carry system that keeps it within arm's reach, and the weekly routine that means it's always ready.
How to film like a documentarian, not a director. The narration formula that adds context without breaking the moment. The single phrase to never say on camera.
The one rule that decides when to press record, and the heartbeat-moment framework for the clips you'll still be watching in 30 years.
Most of what you film stays private, full stop. But if you ever choose to share a clip, the S.A.F.E. framework tells you exactly how to decide: clip by clip, never automatically.
The 30-minute monthly ritual. Includes the Memory Stitcher, the Mac app I built that turns a month of clips into a single episode in one drag-and-drop.
The exact folder structure. The Plex setup walkthrough. The three-location backup stack that protects 50 years of footage from a single point of failure.
When I was a kid, my dad was a school teacher. The school got hold of a video camera and needed someone to figure out how to use it. So he volunteered.
Every now and then he'd bring it home and film us. Just little clips. I still have them.
I'm in my late thirties now and I can sit down and watch myself as a four-year-old. I can hear my dad's voice behind the camera. He had no system. He just had a camera and a thought that one day this might matter.
It mattered more than he could have known.
The Family Cut is what happens when you do that on purpose.
The full 7-module Notion playbook. Read in an hour, set up in an afternoon, run forever.
Core productThe Mac app I built and use every month. Drag, drop, done. Turns a month of clips into one episode.
Mac · Free with playbookLoom walkthrough. Get your family series on your living-room TV in under an hour. Apple TV, Chromecast, smart TV: all covered.
Video walkthroughEditable Canva template for custom season covers that show up in Plex like a Netflix tile. Looks ridiculous. Feels amazing.
Canva templateThree cameras at three price points, honestly reviewed. Plus the satchel I use to keep mine within arm's reach.
Buying guideDownload the exact folder and naming structure I use. Plex-ready out of the box. Rename and you're set up for the next 50 years.
DownloadableThe quick-start guide. Shoot, stitch and watch your first episode this week. Don't wait 30 days to feel why this works.
Quick-startA deck of prompts telling you exactly what to film in different moments. Keep them on your phone for pilot week and beyond.
IncludedOne payment. Lifetime access. Every update for free, forever, including future season templates as your library grows.
You can. I tried it for years. The whole reason this system finally stuck for me (after 23 years of failing) was the dedicated dad cam. Your phone is a distraction machine. Family clips get buried in 30,000 photos and you never watch them back. A small dedicated camera does one thing: it captures memories. That single change is the difference between a system that works and another graveyard of footage on a hard drive.
Yes. The Plex walkthrough is built for non-technical parents. End-to-end setup in about 20 minutes, no command line, no networking knowledge required. If you can install an app from the App Store, you can do this.
The Memory Stitcher is currently Mac-only. Inside the playbook there's a free Windows workaround using HandBrake that achieves the same result. The rest of the system (the method, the rules, the Plex setup, the templates) is fully cross-platform.
Absolutely. The system is built around new parents because that's the highest-leverage moment to start, but everything in it works for any age. The rule is simple: Season 1 starts the year you start. Whether your kid is 2 or 12 is irrelevant.
It's less than you think. The capture is just pressing record on the moments that move you: no editing, no decisions. The monthly assembly is 30 minutes, once a month. That's it. I'm three years in. I'm not a disciplined person. The system is just simple enough to actually run.
60-day refund, no questions asked. Email me and you're sorted. That said: if you read the playbook and don't act, no system in the world can save you. The product works for parents who actually press record.