When I compared my perfect day to some of the jobs that I’ve had during my career, none of those themes were present in the typical day.
Looking at my ideal day, there are some themes that emerge: I was so far from my vision of an ideal day that my heart sank a little, and I thought to myself “Geez, this is f***ed up!” In fact, not even my weekends were like that. Unfortunately, my days were nothing like that. Get to bed around 9pm for a good night’s sleep. Pick up something fresh for dinner, and cook a nice, healthy meal for the family while the kids chill out or do their homework.Īfter dinner when my wife goes to the gym, I’ll do a little reading, Netflix, an online guitar lesson, or just play some video games. In the late afternoon, go do some exercise with the whole family, like a bike ride, a walk, or play basketball at the park. Just before lunch, go through my emails and add anything to my todo list that needs a follow up, then go and eat while reading my Kindle or watching some YouTube clips.Īfter lunch, do a little more writing, then hit my todo list items for an hour or so. Then I’ll go and do a few hours of writing or other projects that I have on. Eat my delicious breakfast burrito, drink my coffee, and read a book on my Kindle or some saved articles from around the web on my iPad.Īfter breakfast, spend a little time with the kids before they head off to school or go do their own thing. Afterwards, head back upstairs and make breakfast for my family. Wake up around 5am, drink a glass of water, and go downstairs to my home gym for some exercise. When I asked myself that question a few years ago, this is what I came up with: Which brought me to the question, what does my ideal day look like? To have more days like that, I needed to know what those days should look like. So, if happiness is a goal that is important to me, then my days should be filled with things that either make me happy, or move me closer to that goal.
You also tend to be given more of the work that you’re good at, even though it’s not necessarily work you enjoy doing. When you’re working for other people, the reward for hard work is usually just more work. Work hard, be good at something, eventually you’ll make a lot of money doing it. To me, grown up life seemed pretty simple. Early in my adult life I wasn’t into any of that inspirational goal-setting stuff that I saw others doing.
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