Aurelius 2.0

Goals

Live in daytight compartments, prioritizing me tomorrow over me today
  • Consistently follow my daily routines, and stay sharp to fight off the wolf
  • Do it now. Program your subsconscious to counter procrastination
  • Manage my shortcomings but don't let them define me—quietly pay them their dues and succeed in spite of them
  • Use my shortcomings as a humbling reminder to be kind to other travelers—you don't know anyone's story
Pursue outrageously big goals with discipline, incremental compounding progress, and epistemic honesty
  • Goals should feel viscerally like game-changers if achieved; impossibly big but logically possible
  • Laws of Attraction: let go of self-doubt and have unwavering confidence and belief you will achieve your goals, with time
  • Progress compounds: make a little progress every day. Don't look for shortcuts; do the hard work; get the reps in. Consistency > intensity. Discipline, not motivation.
  • Humility with confidence, not ego and arrogance. Replace the mindset of a superstar with being humbly imperfect and hard-working toward your goals.
  • Speak and think with epistemic honesty.
Enjoy life with loving and colorful family and friends
  • Have fun, enjoy life, and appreciate the world around you.
  • Continue to be a great dad and help set Oscar and Oisin on the right path.
  • Continue to improve and deepen my relationship with Olga.
  • Relationships, friendships, local community are only as good as what you put into them.
  • Laws of Attraction: exhibit the energy you want to attract - be positive inward and outward. Smile!
Temporal Goals (H2 2025)
  • Take 1-3 months leave from Meta.
  • Reset balance and daily routines to compound progress.
  • Find the help Oscar needs to be on track for his future.
  • Work with Olga to get annual cost of living from $395K to $240K-$300K.
  • Leave Meta well and transition into AI, adding real experience and integrating with the SF community.

Axioms

With my mind and practice, I will ...

Daily Habits

6am Alarm: Stand up without snoozing
  • ★ Coffee / yerba mate
  • Cold plunge
  • Strength & cardio training
  • 5-10 min meditation
  • Aurelius
  • Log mood
  • ★ Coffee / yerba mate
~10am Morning break (20 mins)
  • 15 min walk
  • ★ Coffee
~noon Break for lunch (20 mins)
  • 1 min dead hang (2 mins optional)
  • 1 min arm behind back stretch (2 mins optional)
  • ★ Eat protein + salad
~3pm Afternoon break (20 mins)
  • 1 min trampoline (5 mins optional)
  • 1 min slanted squats (5 mins optional)
  • 1 min 50-50 (5 mins optional)
  • ★ Eat protein/veg snack
5.45pm Break for dinner
  • 10 mins mindfulness practice with kids
  • ★ Dinner with fam
7:30pm Start wind-down routine
  • Turn on sauna
  • Brush Teeth
  • Log Mood
  • Floss
  • ★ Minty mouth wash
  • Read books to kids
  • Sauna
  • Shower
  • Go to bed early (8.30-9pm)
  • ★ Wake up naturally before my 6am alarm

Foundational Metrics