BETTER LIVING / ONE USEFUL NEXT STEP
Make a better week possible.
Choose one thing that matters. Make room for one shared experience. Leave with a practical plan your family can use.
How can a family build its home-field advantage?
A home-field advantage begins when your priorities, activities, people, resources and living environment work together. Start with an experience you want more of; organize what makes it easy to say yes.
A practical demonstration: the walk that actually happens.
This is an illustrative plan, not a testimonial or measured result. A family wants movement, conversation and time outdoors. Instead of planning three separate activities, they choose a local walk and simple picnic.
- Priority: time together outdoors this week.
- Activity: a suitable 30-minute route and a packed snack.
- People: one adult checks the route and weather; another prepares food and essentials. Children participate in age-appropriate ways.
- Resources: shoes, water, familiar food, appropriate supervision and a realistic departure time.
- Environment: keep the essentials together near the door. Agree on a simple indoor alternative.
- Review: what made leaving easier, and what would you change next time?
The point is not to fit more into every hour. It is to make one worthwhile experience easier to repeat.
How do we plan a better week for our family?
Give yourselves ten minutes. Each adult names one priority and one constraint. Choose a small shared activity, assign preparation, and put it on the calendar. Keep enough margin for real life.
Your next family win
Next: agree on an exact time and add it to your own calendar. Adjust the plan for age, abilities, weather, access and supervision. Choose a simple alternative if conditions change.
How do the Guide, game and Transformation fit together?
The Household Guide helps you choose what to improve. Play to Win helps you discover and combine meaningful activities. Your weekly plan organizes what it takes to follow through. Review what helps and improve the next plan.
What if we want ongoing guidance?
The 2027 Better Living Transformation adds intentional family planning, curated weekly activities, monthly planning resources, quarterly progress reviews and a developing family community. The Founding 100 is its inaugural group of participating families.
The approved price is $299/month equivalent, billed quarterly at $897: four installments totaling $3,588 for a 12-month commitment, with no automatic renewal. Apply for personal review; applying is free and does not enroll or charge your family.
What is the optional Better Living Baseline?
The separate $3,799 comprehensive assessment considers your Environment, People and Activities and creates an individualized transformation roadmap. It is not included in the Transformation and is not required to apply. See how the Baseline works.
What if our priority is our Home or Property?
Explore Home development or Property development, then discuss your project with Team Dodge. Scope and investment are agreed separately.
DEVCO is The Development Company for Better Living, founded by Christian and Sydney Dodge in Northwest Arkansas. Meet Team Dodge and understand the three connected offerings.