Resolutions for 2026

I know it’s a bit late to talk about resolutions for this year. Still, I wouldn’t have done justice to mine without giving them deep, deliberate thought.

This year I am not chasing new systems. I already have good ones.

The real bottleneck is feeling good enough, often enough, to keep showing up - long enough for the benefits to compound.

So my resolutions for 2026 are about consistency, identity, and removing friction. Less what am I trying, more who am I becoming.

1. I am a disciplined observer of my own life

Idea: Journal everything extensively

By the end of 2026

• I have a searchable personal knowledge base of thoughts, decisions, emotions, and experiments.

Non-negotiables

• Weekly review every Sunday (fixed 30-60 minutes block), honest summary - wins, frictions etc.
• One monthly “life memo” (what changed, what stayed)

2. I live like a warrior - with the calm of a saint

Idea: Habits of body + mind + spirit I am not trying to copy athletes or monks; I am borrowing their constraints.

Verse from Gita ji:

“र्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन |
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि || २-४७ ||”

(Literal gist): Your right is to the action alone, never to the fruits of action; let not the fruits be your motive, and do not be attached to inaction.

By the end of 2026

• Food fuels performance, not mood
• Training is scheduled, not optional
• The mind has a daily stillness practice
• Gita ji becomes a lived philosophy, not a ritual checkbox

3. I am a calm, high-leverage professional

Idea: Non-emotional at work + technical depth

By the end of 2026

• I respond, not react. (I give myself time to remove emotional reactivity and prioritise clarity)
• I am known for clarity, not urgency
• I compound technical skill quietly and consistently

4. I am a builder-in-public

Idea: Blog / learning-in-public / vlog (not sure at the moment)

By the end of 2026

• My thinking is documented enough that opportunities find me
• I have visible proof-of-work and a track record of finishing projects
• Quality over quantity, but consistency over silence

5. I am designing my future, not drifting into it

Idea: Be deliberate about life-choices

By the end of 2026

• I’ve prioritised research, outreach and prototyping
• I’ve clarity on next-steps, even if the answer is “not yet”

6. How I’ll keep track (cadence & accountability)

I am keeping accountability simple so it’s sustainable and honest.

• Daily micro-checks (1-2 minutes): a tiny one-line note with today’s one focus and a quick check for training and stillness. This is low fiction - just to preserve continuity and make the Sunday review easier.
• Sunday review (weekly, 30-60 minutes): the main operational cadence. Every Sunday I review the week’s micro-checks, log compliance, note patterns (energy, food, focus), and pick one experiment tweak for the coming week (if needed). I block this time on my calendar so it’s non-negotiable.
• Monthly review (monthly, 45-60 minutes): the accountability artefact. Each month I write a concise “life memo” summarising numbers, headline insight, wins, frictions, identity checks, experiment results, and three non-negotiable for the next month. This is the post I keep for myself - and selectively share when it’s useful as proof-of-work.
• Signals I’ll watch: training sessions completed, stillness minutes, journal days completed, technical hours, public outputs, and one life-experiment milestone. I’ll track them at a glance in the weekly and monthly reviews - no spreadsheet / obsidian complexity unless I want it.

Note to myself

The point isn’t perfection.

The point is to build identity-level habits with low friction and a singular focus on observing reality as it is - so showing up becomes the default, not the exception.

If I can keep my calendar honest, make Sunday review sacred, and distill each month into one clear memo, the long game will take care of the rest.