Happy hump day.

We’re 15 days out from the Winter Olympics, which feels close enough to start pretending we understand curling again.

Also, we’ve had a bunch of new subs roll in lately. If you’re new here, welcome. Glad you found us.

Let’s get into it.

I was at my son’s soccer practice the other day and heard a bunch of dads in the parking lot ask the same question on the way out:

“Did you have fun?”

Seems like that’s almost always the first thing we ask our kids. Not did you win. Not did you score. Not were you the best one out there. Just… did you have fun?

But somewhere along the way, we stop asking ourselves that.

Bills need to be paid. Schedules need to be kept. Life needs to happen. And without realizing it, fun becomes something we assume we’ll get back to later.

The thing is, our kids are always watching how we move through the world. If everything feels like a grind, they feel that too.

Fun doesn’t have to be big or irresponsible. It can be small. A laugh. A hobby. A workout you actually enjoy. Time with people who make you feel lighter.

So maybe it’s worth asking yourself the same question once in a while.

Did you have fun today?

And if the answer is no, maybe that’s not a failure. Maybe it’s just a nudge to start making a little room for it.

Charlie Lima is a gym owner in College Station, Texas, and a dad of four. Three boys and one teenage daughter. Busy house, full calendar.

The hardest part of parenting for him is threading the needle between how he was raised and raising kids in a completely different world. Holding onto the big values while shaping a life that actually fits who his kids are today.

The most rewarding part is simple and powerful. Their loyalty. The way kids love purely and fully, without conditions.

One lesson that stuck with him was around the idea of not being able to be everywhere, but being there when it matters.

You can follow Charlie at @trainwithcharlie and read our full interview here.

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