Design Your Ideal Day

When we imagine living our best life, we often picture big and exciting things:

• Family Disney cruise
• Living abroad for a year
• Early retirement
• etc...

While big experiences are great, here's what we often overlook:
The small and mundane experiences that fill your typical day.

• Morning coffee routine
• A quiet walk in nature
• Calling your best friend
• Quality time with your partner

To design your ideal life, start by designing your typical day

Perhaps you're thinking that this is overly simplistic.

"So I just need to take a daily walk in nature to live my best life?"

Actually, yes!

Being intentional about how we spend each day is critical:

3 Reasons Why Small Experiences Are Important

What you do on an average day reveals your true values.

You might say you value family and connection, but if your calendar is filled with work meetings and business trips, there's a disconnect.

If so, it's time to course-correct.

Or perhaps some of your values have changed.

What you do on an average day predicts your future.

We are creatures of habit.

By default, we drift into autopilot, repeating the same daily routines.

By being intentional about which small experiences fill our day, we create a future that better aligns with our true values.

Small, consistent actions compound in powerful ways.

• A daily call with one family member or friend → over time, builds deep, lasting relationships
• Ten minutes of reading → turns into a library of wisdom
• Daily movement → long-term health and vitality
• A simple self-care routine → creates stability and mental clarity

4 Steps to Design Your Ideal Day

Step 1: Review

Review your calendar and write a list of what you did in the last week.

Step 2: What's Missing

Think of what's missing in your ideal day.
Think of what makes you feel alive.
Add these to the list.

Remember to think "small and mundane".

For example:
Maybe travel lights you up because you love exploring.
You can’t fly somewhere new every day — but you can explore a new café or neighborhood, for example.

Step 3: Filter

• Circle energy-boosting activities
• Cross out energy-vampires

Step 4: Design

Design your ideal day around these key principles:

• Increase what gives you energy
• Reduce what drains it
• Focus on the small and consistent.
• You're not trying to design the perfect day. Part of the fun is experimenting!

Here's my current ideal day:

Morning

• 5 min stretch
• 5 min meditation
• Breakfast with my wife
• 10 min reading over coffee
• 10 min walk outside
• Creative project (writing or podcast)

Midday

• Optometry work (half-day)

Evening

• 30 min HIIT workout (I love 9rounds!)
• Evening stroll with wife
• Call one friend/family
• 5 min warm compress
• Journal

What Does Your Ideal Day Look Like?

Design your ideal day around small, consistent experiences.

Re-align with your values TODAY and shape a future that reflects your passions.

Make each day better – one intentional moment at a time.