Ben Greenfield

And so we weave activity into our lives.

So that'll be the second thing.

And my goal has always been with the family to make the house

And then the third.

You know, and again, this ties into the Blue Zones, Hala, is at the beginning of the day, you will find our entire family every day, non-negotiable, no questions asked, gathered in a special morning family huddle where we all hug each other.

From obstacle courses to an old Frisbee golf course to converted the barn into a pickleball court to make the house such a fun place to move.

Video games and screen time just aren't as appealing compared to having a bunch of fun in the jungle gym that we've created.

We talk about our day.

We're a Christian family, so we read the Bible and pray together.

So that'll be the second thing.

And then the third.

We talk about what people are doing that day, who's got the cars and where, what people are making for dinner and who's bringing what, what time are we having dinner.

You know, and again, this ties into the Blue Zones, Hala, is at the beginning of the day, you will find our entire family every day, non-negotiable, no questions asked, gathered in a special morning family huddle where we all hug each other.

And it's just this big coming together at the beginning of the day that allows us to all just connect with each other in a way that I think a lot of modern Western families don't do.

We talk about our day.

We're a Christian family, so we read the Bible and pray together.

It's kind of like you wake up and everybody's like a ship passing in the night and just off doing their thing.

We talk about what people are doing that day, who's got the cars and where, what people are making for dinner and who's bringing what, what time are we having dinner.

We find that very similar to the relationship with my wife and I, right?

If we don't calendar and systematize and structure date nights and time together, keeping your fingers crossed that it's going to organically happen often doesn't pan out.