100 Habits for 2026

My Book: https://a.co/d/2MoMV6n 00:00 Welcome to my life! 02:20 1. Find what works for you 02:26 2. Wake up 02:40 3. Drink water 02:45 4. Leave 3 hours before your first task 02:55 5. Do one thing for yourself first 04:36 6. Basic resets: teeth, bed, clothes 04:40 7. No caffeine in the first hour 04:46 8. Avoid overdoing caffeine 05:05 9. No AI before noon 05:12 10. Eat breakfast 06:15 11. 12-hour dish rule 06:35 12. Don’t check your phone immediately 06:41 13. No video games before noon 06:45 14. Turn morning energy into productive play 07:17 15. Balance self-care and work 07:29 16. Keep commute under 15 minutes 07:45 17. Turn off notifications for deep work 08:03 18. Do the hardest thing first 08:08 19. Start work 60 min before meetings 08:18 20. Drink more water 08:23 21. Drink water before lunch 08:34 22. No breakfast? Lunch at noon 08:40 23. Eat a grown-up lunch 09:25 24. Eat if you haven’t in 5 hours 09:34 25. Get comfortable eating alone 09:43 26. Eat with others weekly 09:51 27. Lunch under $20 10:03 28. Bring your lunch 10:14 29. Don’t overextend lunch 10:23 30. Avoid 2-hour lunches 10:28 31. No caffeine after 2 PM 10:32 32. Work through lunch if it saves time 10:46 33. Schedule meetings after lunch 10:58 34. Aim for 4 hours of focused work 11:04 35. Use remaining time for low-urgency tasks 11:16 36. Max 2 hours of meetings 11:21 37. End the day with a cooldown 11:29 38. Automate bills 11:34 39. Pay car registration 11:37 40. Pay rent 11:38 41. Get bloodwork done 11:42 42. Go to the dentist 11:45 43. Go to the eye doctor 11:48 44. Clear outstanding bills 11:56 45. Get out of debt 12:03 46. Clear life admin to focus 12:09 47. Work on bigger projects 12:19 48. Live below your means 13:03 49. Invest in retirement 13:16 50. Don’t buy dumb stuff 13:19 51. Save 5% for guilt-free spending 13:27 52. End work at a reasonable hour 13:39 53. Shape work to allow self-care 13:45 54. Exercise after work if needed 13:50 55. Home gym or off-peak training 14:06 56. Eat carbs before workouts if needed 14:16 57. At 5 PM, think about dinner 14:22 58. Cook for yourself (or others) 14:38 59. Weekly date night 14:53 60. No screens at dinner 14:56 61. Be the one who reaches out 15:09 62. Do dishes or follow the 12-hour rule 15:16 63. Post-dinner activity that fills you up 15:29 64. Short commutes enable skill-building 15:44 65. Don’t overdo productive play 15:56 66. Avoid default brain rot 16:02 67. Skip productivity if stressed—still no brain rot 16:14 68. Use the 5x rule for time/resources 17:02 69. Minimize driving time 17:19 70. End the day with something fun 17:31 71. Say yes to spontaneity (with limits) 17:44 72. Snack if hungry before bed 18:22 73. Wind down with joy 18:40 74. Use TV strategically for connection 19:20 75. Sleep between 10–11 PM 19:38 76. One tech-free night per week 19:54 77. Sunday is reset day 20:16 78. 6,000–10,000 steps daily 20:33 79. Don’t weigh yourself daily 20:48 80. Practice selective sobriety 21:09 81. Ignore peer pressure 21:21 82. Communicate intimacy needs empathetically 21:30 83. Know your intimacy needs 21:39 84. Have a therapist 21:42 85. Have a coach 21:46 86. Partner ≠ therapist 21:50 87. You ≠ your partner’s therapist 21:54 88. Have a best friend 21:59 89. Be a best friend 22:04 90. Do not murder 22:07 91. Support your friends emotionally 22:10 92. Don’t lend friends money 22:13 93. Don’t borrow money from friends 22:16 94. Did you do your best today? Try again tomorrow. 22:35 95. Did you help someone today? Call a friend. 22:44 96. No phones in the bedroom 22:48 97. Can’t sleep? Wait it out 22:52 98. Repeat tomorrow 22:56 99. Break the rules 23:02 100. There are no rules when you’re a grown-up 23:09 I wrote a book—link in the description