A lot of people ask me about my daily schedule.
So here it is.
Weekdays
I wake up daily at 4am.
Drink two glasses of water.
Keep my phone away in silent mode, no tea yet.
I open the first task I decided on the night before and set a 50-minute timer.
No Slack.
No meetings.
The house is quiet.
Everyone else is sleeping.
Nobody needs anything yet.
Outside is still dark through the window.
This window belongs entirely to me.
I work on my AI startup.
Building agentic systems for AI-native businesses. Agents that think, route, and act without me holding their hand. The brain that remembers the whole business. AI automations that run while I sleep. A startup I'm growing with my partners in Bali.
After the first 50-minute block, I make tea.
That's when I check WhatsApp, usually a message from my partner or my virtual assistant Akash. I respond, then get back to work.
Around 6am, I take my second break.
I go for a walk in my community. During the walk, I check my messages and usually talk to Akash, my virtual assistant. And some days, just the walk.
By 7:30am, I wind down, get ready for work and leave the house by 8:15.
I try to reach the office by 9am.
I lead three product engineering teams supporting 4M+ active users. My team and I are building iOS & Android apps, marketing portals and AI systems. I also teach team members how to use Codex & Claude in their coding and daily work.
My day fills with delegation, project monitoring, demo calls, whiteboard sessions, and at least two focus blocks for coding.
I leave work around 5:30 and most days attend a CrossFit class at my gym.
By the time I reach home, I am tired and hungry.
So I eat and help with housework. I take a walk with my wife or spend time with family. Around 8:30, one last working session. I make a list of the next day's priorities. I also write down what I accomplished that day. It's a quick 5-minute reflection. I write content, reply to comments and DMs.
By the time I close the laptop, I decide exactly what I'm doing the next morning.
So I don't have to spend precious time in the morning picking the most important task.
Then I pick up a book to read for 15 to 30 minutes.
I'm usually asleep before I finish the chapter.
When I scroll, I go longer than I plan. When I read, I'm asleep within minutes.
This has been my routine for every single day.
Weekends are different
Saturday morning is the same: 4am, water, deep work until 7:30. Then CrossFit from 8 to 8:45. After that, house cleaning, gardening, lunch with family. When everyone settles in for the afternoon, I go back to the computer. Two to four hours. In the evening, go out with my wife at some point. Family dinner, or maybe go out for ice cream.
Sunday follows the same pattern. Morning deep work, then two to four hours in the afternoon. I also spend at least 30 minutes on weekly reflection and planning the next week.
Weekends are my most productive building time of the week. I record videos, write content and build agentic systems for clients.
Top 3 priority tasks for the day
While I do a lot daily, I always pick my top 3 priority tasks for the day.
I make a list of everything I need to do. Then circle the top 3 things that matter the most for that day. Those 3 things set the focus and intention for the day. If I finish those items, then I win the day; everything else is a bonus. The top 3 list also helps me with interruptions and conflicting priorities. I can compare them and see if they are more important than what I already planned. Almost always the answer is no.
I stay on track without having to think hard about it.
I'm 53. Full-time job. Startup. Content. Family. Gym.
It all fits. But only because I follow a system.
What is the window that belongs to you?
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