17 Jan 2026 1 min read

Simplifying My Life In 2026

Last year, I often felt scattered and pulled in too many directions by things that were just noise.

Little things that drained my time and energy but didn’t actually matter.

After wrapping up my most recent Weekly Review, I landed on 2 principles that I’ll be using moving forward:

For a long time, I tracked a lot about my life.

Daily habit trackers. Health & Fitness metrics. Relationship check-ins. Places visited. You name it.

I even had a score for how I felt physically any given day, rating myself from 1 to 10.

It sounds disciplined but in practice, it was useless.

I noticed I was almost always giving myself a 7, 8 or 9.

The score never changed my behavior and no decisions came from it.

So I removed it.

That’s now my main filter moving forward: If a metric doesn’t change my behavior, it’s noise.

I removed vanity scores and kept only what clearly informs action.

I got a much clearer headspace and better focus on the habits that actually contribute to my life.

This one isn’t new, but I’m committing to it fully.

Instead of aiming for:

“I want to get 10,000 YouTube subscribers”

I’m saying:

“I will publish 100 videos this year”

I think most people fall into this trap of chasing outcomes, but outcomes are lagging indicators.

If the inputs are right and sustained long enough, the outcomes usually follow.

So instead of setting goals around numbers I can’t control, I’m setting targets around inputs I do control.

If I don’t reach my goal, then I adjust my system instead of making my goals smaller.

That’s it.

Less noise and more focus on what actually matters and what I can control.

If you constantly feel busy or stuck “doing a lot but moving little,” take a hard look at your habits and ask yourself:

Sometimes less really is more.