A lot of people get freedom wrong. They say they value it, but they have never actually sat down and described it. This workbook walks you through writing your perfect ordinary day, then designing it into a rhythm you can really live, because an amazing life starts with amazing days.
This page is your workbook, and you fill it in right here. If you would rather be guided, there is also an AI companion. It is a separate file you download and upload into your own AI, whether that is ChatGPT, Claude, or any LLM, and it walks you through the whole thing with you.
Download the file below.
Open your AI tool, whether that is ChatGPT, Claude, or any LLM.
Upload it, and it guides you through your day.
perfect-typical-day-coach.md
A lot of people get freedom wrong. They say they value it, but they have never sat down and described what it actually looks like. And when you do not know what you really want, you keep building a life that looks good on paper and feels heavy in real life.
So this is where it starts. Not with the business, not with the goal, but with the day. When you write the ordinary day you would be happy to repeat for the rest of your life, you finally have something real to design toward. An amazing life is built out of amazing days.
The diagnostic: the gap between your perfect day and your current day is your mismatch, and it is worth looking at honestly.
As Marc puts it: "Most people design their business before they design their day, then wonder why it feels unsustainable. Start with the day, build the business backwards from it."
The whole exercise is two simple moves. First you write the vision, then you design it into a rhythm you can actually keep.
Write your perfect ordinary day in vivid, present-tense detail, as if it is already happening.
Turn that day into a few non-negotiable principles, and one small shift you can make this week.
This is not your dream day. Marc loves Disneyland, but it will never be part of his Perfect Typical Day. This is the ordinary Tuesday you would happily repeat forever, the normal day you would be glad to live again and again.
Write it in present tense, and the more specific you get, the better. Drill right down into the mundane, and focus on the experience and the feeling, not the stuff.
Write it in your own words, right here on the page. Nothing here is graded, and there are no wrong answers. Each part has a hint, and you can peek at how Marc wrote his if you get stuck.
"I happily wake up without an alarm and get my most important work done in the first 2 to 4 hours, while my mind is sharp. By lunch the heavy lifting is already done, so I can eat with a friend or my loved ones, or just switch off and watch a comedy with zero guilt. The afternoon is conversations with clients and people I genuinely enjoy, never calls I'm dreading. Then I close the laptop, go for a workout, have a quality dinner and convos with my family, do some light reading or entertainment before I go to sleep."
This is Move 1. Describe the ordinary day you would be happy to live again and again, in present tense, as if it is already happening.
Wake time, first thoughts, how the morning feels.
"I happily wake up without an alarm and get my most important work done in the first 2 to 4 hours, while my mind is sharp."
The work you do, when you start, what you actually do.
"The afternoon is conversations with clients and people I genuinely enjoy, never calls I'm dreading."
Who you share convos and meals with, and what you talk about.
"By lunch the heavy lifting is already done, so I can eat with a friend or my loved ones, or just switch off and watch a comedy with zero guilt."
Dinner, wind-down, and the last thought before you sleep.
"Then I close the laptop, go for a workout, have a quality dinner and convos with my family, do some light reading or entertainment before I go to sleep."
The feeling you want running through the whole day.
"It feels grounded and fully present, with zero guilt, no rush, and no grind, because I got there by an aligned pace."
This is Move 2. You will not keep the exact timetable every single day, and Marc does not either. So pull out the handful of rules that protect the essence of the day, then pick one small shift you can make this week to live more of it now.
The handful of rules that protect the day, whether you feel like it or not.
"No checking of phones, emails, and messages within the first hour of waking up. Deep work must be done in the morning. No meetings before 12pm. Misc tasks must be done after 2pm. Cut all work by 10:30pm at the latest. Be in bed by 12 midnight."
The first small change you can make to live more of that day now.
One honest line on how today differs from your perfect day.
Your day saves automatically on this device as you write. Nothing leaves the browser, there is no capture, no forms, and no gate.
Use Copy my day as text when you want to paste it into your notes or anywhere you keep it.
When your day and your rhythm feel right, print a clean one-page copy to keep somewhere you will actually see it. Only your day, your principles, and your one small shift print, nothing else on this page.
Fill in the builder above first, then print. It comes out as a single clean page.
The same companion, right here at the end of your workbook. It walks you through the two moves, one part at a time, and anything you have already written on this page is carried inside it.
To be clear, this page is your workbook that you fill in here. The AI companion is a separate file that you download and bring into your own AI, whether that is ChatGPT, Claude, or any LLM, to be coached through the same day, part by part.
Download the file below.
Open your AI tool, whether that is ChatGPT, Claude, or any LLM.
Upload the file, and it will guide you through your day.
Send this opening line to start: "Help me design my perfect typical day."
perfect-typical-day-coach.md
This workbook and the AI companion ride alongside the full lesson already sitting in your MI classroom. If you want to hear it taught again in full, that is where it lives.
Write your day, design your rhythm, and pick your one small shift for this week.
You got this.
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