How to use your time properly.
Here's a simple framework for time/project management & happiness.
I don't believe in "clinical" depression or anxiety.
I see them are internal barometers:
signals that indicate whether you're living your life as you're truly meant to, or not.
Their presence tells you that something's off,
that you're not using your life properly.
But, how do you live your life properly?
by having clear direction = a mission and goals that excite you
by steering in that direction = purposefully doing things to get there
This document is a 4-layer framework for doing just that.
The 4 layers:
Life mission
Wildly important goals
Projects
Tasks
Here's how these layers work:
Image 1: Everything is aligned
Every layer is clearly defined, arranged, and supports the one above it.
You have a clear life direction and are consistently taking actions to get there.
You wake up every day ready to make the world your b***
You allocate your time effectively, prioritize well, and feel fulfilled.
Image 2: Things are misaligned
No clear direction = random acts of living.
You wake up and react to the world instead of shaping it.
You follow uninspiring orders from bosses or societal norms.
Projects are left half-finished; tasks go undone or are poorly prioritized.
You might have ideas, but they’re never broken into actionable steps.
Round Tripping
You can go from Image 1 to Image 2—it’s normal. I’ve been there many times. But you need to actively work on round tripping less.The goal is to chart higher lows and higher highs over time, like the S&P 500 or Bitcoin. Life doesn’t move in a straight line, but the overall direction should be clear.
Now that we’ve set the stage, let’s get practical.
4-Layer Framework
1) Benefits of the Framework
A sense of direction and purpose = happiness.
Checking boxes daily = progress = happiness.
Peace of mind, knowing you’re on the right path.
A roadmap for doing epic shit.
Wealthier, healthier, and more fulfilled by the year’s end.
Chad energy.
2) Tools Needed
A pen and paper
A project management tool (I prefer Monday.com)
A quiet room
3) Process Overview
Set your life mission (do this once and revisit rarely).
Set goals to achieve every 6–12 months.
Break goals into a backlog of projects.
Organize and activate projects weekly.
Upon activation, break projects into tasks.
Complate and review tasks weekly and daily.
Review completed projects monthly.
Repeat.
Let's get into the nitty grittty. Keep reading to learn the details of everything.
4) Setting Your Life Mission [1 Hour]
Go to a quiet space without distractions.
Reflect on what excites you—dream big, but stay realistic.
Write down aspirations that align with personal growth and business/wealth.
Focus on what excites you, not societal expectations or family pressures.
Bad Examples:
"To be happy, rich, and successful." (Too vague.)
"Make my parents proud." (External validation.)
"Have $10 million in the bank." (A goal, not a mission.)
Good Examples:
I will build a big family with an Asian wife, multiple kids, and top-tier education while owning properties worldwide and retiring at a beach city. My wealth will come from ecommerce.
I will never marry, and I will have freedom to visit most countries in the world, which I will do over the next 20 years, while I have a business that generates passive income enough to sustain myself while not looking at the price tag of anything. I will also have sex with thousands of women while I travel.
Generate passive income that allows me to travel freely, live luxuriously, and enjoy unlimited freedom.
Fight in the UFC, dominate my weight division, and earn through brand deals and passive income.
I will build generational wealth through building an empire of digital products, which will allow me to travel the world on my own time and own properties in most European countries.
5) Setting Goals [1 Hour]
Goals should align with your mission, be specific, and be quantifiable.
Write a bunch of them on a piece of paper or notepad.
Bad Example: "Scale my agency."Good Example: "Scale agency revenue to $1M/month by July 6th."
Prioritize goals using the ICE-S framework:
Impact: How much it aligns with your mission.
Confidence: How sure you are about achieving it.
Ease: How easy it is.
Speed: How quickly it can be achieved.
Give each goal a grade from 1 to 5.
1 = lowest impact/confidence/ease/speed
5 = highest impact/confidence/ease/speed
Start working on the 2-3 goals that have the highest ICE-S grading.
Focus on those for the next 6-12 months, and keep the rest as a backlog.
Don't try to take on more than 2-3 goals at the same time or you will fail.
6) Setting Projects [1 Hour]
Projects are groupings of tasks tied to goals.
Example:
Goal: Land my first 3 SaaS clients.
Project 1: Build a sales funnel.
Tasks:
Design landing page
Set up email campaign
etc.
7) Setting Tasks [1 Hour]
Tasks are the atomic units of your projects. List every tiny step required.
Example:
Project: Build a website.
Tasks:
Buy domain.
Create logo.
Write copy.
Design layout.
Install lead forms.
Etc.
8) “Can I use this to collaborate with my team?”
Hell yeah.
I use this for my personal goals on my own.
And also with my team, to get stuff done with them.
We write down wildly important goals for the company together regularly.
And their related projects and tasks.
Then every month/week/day we decide together what to complete.
Then we revise.
Things got done properly?
Good. We're getting closer to zillionaires.
Things didn't get done properly?
Good. An opportunity to learn from mistakes, assess internal capabilities/deficiencies, course correcting, and working on SOPs.
Here's how it looks like when you use this for collabing with your team:
9) Example: How it looks like on Monday.com
First, set the goals privately for yourself on your own workspace.
Keep the ones that are only for yourself, private (like the fitness related one below)
From the company goals that require teamwork (the other 2), you will create projects and tasks on each department workspace.
For example, below is the board that I shared with my Chatter Department managers.
I copypasted the Goal that is relevant to this department, and will work on its projects right here:
You can open each group and nest things inside.
Originally, inside the Goal group, we write down every project:
Every week, we pick new projects to complete. We take them from the backlog of projects nested inside the Goal group, we delete it from there and we create a group for it, in which we will write every individual task that needs to be completed:
Every morning, we spend 15 minutes checking the tasks for today together, and then we work on them.
As you can see, the tasks support projects which support goals which support your life mission = everyday you click the buttons for your happiness.
10) “I started doing this but at some point I stopped. Am I hopeless?”
No, you’re not hopeless.
You're just round tripping and it's normal.
Just get back on track as soon as you can, and make sure you're printing higher lows and higher highs on your life chart.
Every asset and person round trips.
Below is me round tripping from Chad to Chester and back to Chad on the way to my body comp goals.
(If your name is Chester, pick better next time, it sounds like a fat person name).
(Yes, you can laugh at my outfit. Dat island lyf 🏝️)
xoxo
Great value G