You say that family is everything. You say your kids are your priority. You say that it’s all for them. But what does your calendar say? What does the way you spend your time say?

We talk a good game, we convince ourselves…but the facts don’t lie. LOVE is spelled one way: T-I-M-E. How do you spend your time? If the answer is, “constantly at the office,” or “constantly trying to make partner,” or worse, “constantly on your phone,” well…

Of course, privilege comes into this discussion. The single parent working two minimum-wage jobs to keep the heat on is not worse than the semi-retired tech millionaire who has the time to walk their kids to school each morning. But parents of all stripes and all socioeconomic strata have the freedom to choose how they spend their free time, what they put first…after first managing to provide for their children.

We say our kids are important—but our words don’t matter. Our choices are what matter. Our actions and our habits are what matter. Where are you spending your time? What are you demonstrating as your priority? That’s what counts.

We could spend more time with our kids. We could be there more than we are. We just have to put our priorities into placeinstead of just paying lip service to them.

Look, we all need help breaking bad habits, especially when it comes to the time we spend distracted by things that don’t matter, things that take time away from what’s really important.

That’s exactly what we’re doing over at the Daily Stoic with our Habits for Success, Habits for Happiness Challenge. It’s been our most popular challenge for over six years—because it teaches sustainable strategies for breaking ourselves of bad habits, and for creating good ones that actually last.

We’ve fully updated the challenge for 2026, keeping what works and adding new tools to help you cement the changes, keep you accountable, and get the results you need:

• Before-and-After Reflection Tool: See how your habits change over the course of 6 weeks
• Digital Community Space: Go through the challenges alongside others and connect with people who are also committed to changing for the better
• Group Discount: Save 15% when you enroll two or more people together—bring friends as accountability partners, enroll with colleagues, or get your family to join alongside you

Six weeks. Daily, incremental actions. A framework to kick-start lasting change.

Sign up today at dailystoic.com/habits.