
500 Hours Together:
A One-year Challenge
There are 8,760 hours in a year. You’ll spend roughly 2,080 of those hours at work. On average, almost 900 hours swiping on social media. How much time are you spending with each other?
Four easy-to-do steps

Step One:
Download the starter pack.

Step Two:
If you haven’t already, download the FamilyLife app. We’ll be sending tips and reminders throughout the year.

Step Three:
Follow us on social. We’ll be sharing how real FamilyLife families are doing on their own 500-Hour journeys. And we want to see how you’re doing, too! Tag us in all your family-night pics and use #500Hours #MarriageGoals and #FamilyGoals.

Drop back in on this page to see all of our related content in one, easy-to-find spot. Because who has time for searching when you’re tracking 500 hours?


Download the starter pack
You’ll get
- Ideas for time together.
- A tracker to log your hours.
- More motivation to pencil in the time together.
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