50 Solid Ideas For Living Better

This isn’t a list of hacks or shortcuts. These are simple, personal ideas that I had while traveling. Some are light, some are heavy. They might help you move better, think clearer, and live with a bit more intention. Pick one. Try it. Or come back when you need a spark.

Mind & Awareness

1. Sit with your thoughts, without distraction, for at least 5 minutes daily.

2. Drop the “all-or-nothing” mindset. Doing something is better than nothing.

3. When feeling overwhelmed, ask: “What’s most important right now?”

4. Many regrettable decisions could be avoided with 5 deep breaths beforehand.

5. Practice extreme ownership. You don’t need conditions to make a choice—just the willingness to own the outcome.

6. When you’re struggling, make sure your basic needs are met: sleep, food, water, movement.

7. Satisfaction doesn’t come from having more, but from needing less.

8. Trust your gut, even when your mind argues otherwise.

9. Stop working to experience, and start experiencing.

10. Cry. Let yourself feel the thing you’ve been avoiding.

11. Set time limits for deep work. It’ll boost focus and reduce dread.

Movement & Health

12. Pack your gym bag the night before. Eliminate friction.

13. Have some intentional physical activity every day, even if it’s just parking farther away.

14. Eat a fruit or vegetable with every meal.

15. Eat breakfast.

16. To avoid overeating, set your utensils down between bites.

17. If you want a sip of water, have 10. One sip never rehydrated anyone.

18. Periodically, take a set to absolute concentric failure to stay honest about your intensity.

19. Try not rotating your main lifts for 3 months. Watch what happens.

20. Fast at least once per year. Just to do something hard and follow through.

21. Buy pre-cut fruit if it helps you actually eat it. Waste is worse than increased cost.

22. Go to bed at your bedtime. You're not a child anymore.

23. Touch grass.

24. Smell some flowers—literally.

Connection & Community

25. Call your parents.

26. Write a letter to a friend you haven’t talked to in a while.

27. Ask your friends what your greatest strength is. That’s your gift to the world.

28. Ask your friends your greatest weakness. That’s your self-sabotage pattern.

29. Give someone a big hug. Mentally send them all your love while you do.

30. Talk to an elder with the intent of learning from their life.

31. Ask for what you want. People aren’t mind readers.

32. Donate your time, money, or clothes to charity from time to time.

33. People-watch in an airport instead of scrolling your phone.

Lifestyle & Discipline

34. Avoid your phone for an hour before bed.

35. Have a hobby: art, golf, reading, prank calls—whatever lights you up.

36. Under-promise and over-deliver.

37. Don’t confuse productivity with purpose.

38. Study a new language.

39. Eat at a restaurant alone.

40. Go outside to watch a sunrise or sunset.

41. Instead of trying to relax by doing “nothing,” try an actively relaxing activity like meditation, journaling, prayer, or breathwork.

42. Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast. Try doing less—on purpose.

43. Use your blinker.

44. Start your day with laughter. Try stand-up comedy instead of doom-scrolling or watching the news.

45. Money problems are often just symptoms of priority problems.

46. Try a new recipe for dinner.

47. The thing you fear most might be the key to your purpose.

48. Hire a coach. Outsource accountability and commit to consistency.

49. Adopt a pet.

50. Dance alone in your room. Dance hard.

51. Re-read #36.

Final Thought

Want help putting some of this into action? I coach people through the messy middle—building consistency, movement, and self-trust that sticks. Start here.