For those of you that are new here, every week I send what I call a 1x1x1.
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One thought from my week.
One interesting find/tool from my week.
One image from my life.

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Thought from the week

Well folks… somehow we’ve arrived at newsletter #141, my last newsletter of the year!

This year was AWESOME.

And not in a “wow that was lucky” way.

More of a “this was extremely on purpose” way.

If I had to point to one move that squeezed the absolute most juice out of the year, it was this:

I got calendar aggressive.

Like… no longer a polite suggestion. More of a hostile takeover.

Around this time last year, I listened to Jesse Itzler and decided my calendar wasn’t going to run me anymore.

I was going to pin it to the ground and tell it what our life was going to look like.

Before the year even started, I knew 2025 already had:

• A full month relocating the fam to San Luis Obispo
• An epic bike trip with close friends to Bellingham, WA
• A week in Canada checking off bucket-list rides
• Camping trips, reunions, and enough experiences to absolutely stuff our end-of-year photo book (more on that photo book hack here)

Those were the big immovable blocks.

Then came the daily grind… a.k.a. calendar combat.

My calendar made sure that:

• I worked out 5 days a week at 5:30am
• I didn’t open my inbox until 10:00am (those early hours are sacred brain juice)
• I got 4 hours of quality time with my daughter every single day
• My wife and I had a date night every Thursday (non-negotiable)
• I got a bike ride every Friday (also non-negotiable)

None of this happened by “finding time.”

It happened because my calendar stopped asking nicely.

So if I could recommend one thing for your 2026:

Get calendar aggressive.

Stop playing defense.

Stop reacting.

Decide first, then let the calendar enforce it like a bouncer.

Hope you all have an incredible end to the year.

Rest up. Reset. Come into the new year sharp.

Appreciate you all. See you in 2026!

Interesting Tool/Find

I didn’t step foot in a sauna for 10 months.

Not because I stopped believing in it.

Mostly because… life? Laziness? The illusion that I’m “too busy”?

Anyway, I finally went back this past week and was immediately reminded why this thing feels like a cheat code.

After my first session back, I felt like I was floating on a cloud for two straight days.

Calm. Clear. Slightly invincible. Like I had unlocked a new operating system.

I realize voluntarily sitting in a 200-degree hot box isn’t everyone’s idea of fun (or sanity), but for me it’s been the productivity / bio-hack of the week.

Highly recommend sweating out your excuses every now and then. 💦🔥

Image from my life

Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays!

See you all next week!