Systems for All Areas of Life

Welcome to the Inner Edge, where I explore insights on wealth, fulfillment, growth, and mastery.

Today, I’ll give you some systems that have been amazing for me in all areas of life.

These are a combination of things I learned, experimented with and got from others.

I’ve written a newsletter on the concept of the different types of wealth, but this time I’m going to dive deeper.

There are 5 categories of wealth:
1. Time Wealth
2. Financial Wealth
3. Mental Wealth
4. Physical Wealth
5. Social Wealth

For years, I kept asking myself the same question:

How do I balance all of them?

I searched everywhere for an answer.

• Some said "Balance comes from being unbalanced."

• Others preached "Balance is the key to a good life."

• And some said "Balance isn’t even real."

So what’s the truth?

I liked how Sahil framed it in his book about the types of wealth (I know I already wrote about them, but this is much more tactical).

👉 Focusing on one area doesn’t mean the others have to atrophy.
👉 You just need systems to maintain them.

For example: If you’re focused on financial wealth (aka getting rich), you don’t have to let go of physical wealth (aka staying fit).

You just need systems to keep it running.

I love systems.

So today, I want to break down the systems I’ve built to maintain all five types of wealth.

So you can too.

1) Financial Wealth – Building & Scaling Without Losing Focus

For most young people, this is the main priority.

And when you go all-in on getting stacked, it’s easy to lose sight of everything else.

I’ve found it helpful to have systems around work in order to make sure I focus on the things that matter the most.

Because it’s pretty easy to get caught up in work that’s just “busy” with no real purpose.

Here are the systems that help me stay focused and productive:

Business Reflection

• I got this one from Sharran Srivatsaa (well, my brother got it from him who then told me).

• Basically every week, you write out your wins, losses, what you were going to do and what you are planning to do (you can also use this as a life audit).

• This helps you focus on the things that matter most in your work.

The Pomodoro System (Work in Sprints)

• 25 minutes of deep work, 5-minute break, repeat.

• I don’t use it much anymore, but found it super helpful when I used to get distracted when working.

• Work expands to fill the time you give it (Parkinson’s Law). Use that to your advantage.

Optimized Work Environment

• Your workspace affects your work quality.

• A clean desk = a clear mind.

• I like to have a dedicated place to work so that I’m fully in the zone when I do.

• It’s why you sleep better in your own bed vs. someone else’s.

Daily Learning Habit

• I like to schedule 30 mins into my calendar to read a book or learn something new

• New inputs = new insights = new opportunities.

2) Physical Wealth – Staying Fit Without Overthinking It

I hit the gym at least 5x a week. But when life is packed with meetings, work, and distractions, it’s easy to skip workouts or eat like trash.

Lock in Your Workout Slot

• My best energy is afternoon/evening, so I schedule my workouts then.

• Find your optimal training time by measuring your energy levels. This can be an awesome hack if you sometimes don’t feel like working out.

Efficient Training System

• I started using the Strong App tracks my lifts, so I never have to think.

• This also allows me to get through my workouts faster as I know exactly what to do; especially the days I have a lot of other things to do.

• It basically allows you to custom input workouts beforehand and every time you finish a set, you can write down your lifts.

• This way, you can keep getting stronger (progressive overload) if that’s your goal in the gym.

  

Simplified Nutrition (Automate the Basics)

• I eat the same high-protein breakfast daily.

  • Protein pancakes (oats, protein powder, almond milk, peanut butter, flax seeds, vanilla Greek yogurt).

• Blend two protein shakes in the morning right when I wake up (almond milk, berries, spinach, protein powder, chia seeds, chlorella powder, peanut butter) and drink them throughout the day while I’m working

• Schedule cooking tofu + vegetables into my calendar so I actually cook.

• Hack: Get a blood test → Feed it into GPT → Generate a meal plan tailored for you.

3) Time Wealth – The One You Can Never Get Back

👉 You can use time to make money.
👉 You can use money to buy time.
👉 But once you run out of time, you can’t use it to get more money.

This is the most overlooked wealth category.

The Sunday Reflection Ritual

• Every Sunday evening, I audit my time & set priorities for the week.

• Google tasks has been awesome for this (thanks for showing me this, Revanth)

• What am I working on? Is it moving me closer to my goals?

• Without this, I used to waste time on random things.

The Energy & ROI Audit

• Look at where you’re spending time. Ask:
  1. Does this give me energy?
  2. Does this move the needle forward?

• If neither:

  • Delegate it (Someone else will enjoy it more.)

  • Eliminate it (If it’s unnecessary.)

  • Optimize it (If you can make it fun or efficient.)

The Full-Life Check-In

• Last month, I booked a 2-day solo Airbnb stay just to reflect.

• I’ve found it helpful to carve out some time in the year to do something completely alone/new.

• Spending time in nature/with a journal/book is a great way to reflect on your life.

• This helps you get clear on what you want too.

  

  random life video I filmed after no technology for hours (it was a mind trip)

4) Social Wealth – The One I’m Still Optimizing

I’ll be honest: My social systems can be better.

I’m in a season of my life where this took a backseat.

But here’s what’s working so far:

Family Rituals

• Weekly “Enjoyment Night” – Movies, games, or just hanging out.

• Monthly Growth Meetings – Our family sits down to talk about life, goals, and personal growth. This has been a game-changer and helped us build better connection.

Building Friendships with Intent

• Instead of waiting for people to reach out, I try to proactively hit up new friends.

• "Yoo what have you been up to" goes a long way.

The 1-2 Rule

• Reach out to 1-2 people per week.

• A simple text, DM, or call.

• Friendships don’t build themselves.

Relationships?

• I think this part atrophied for me rn lol. Haven’t spent any time here which I probably should.

5) Mental Wealth – The One That Holds It All Together

This is the core of everything else.

Your mindset dictates your wealth, health, and relationships.

The Presence System

• Learning to be fully in the moment at all times. This is a lot easier said than done, but can happen with enough practice.

• No judgment and just being aware. I’ve realized that thoughts are just a construct of my mind.

• When you master this you don’t “need” anything external to feel content. Still working on it myself.

Daily Mental Habits

• Meditation: Even 5 minutes a day helps. I’ve found meditating in nature to be amazing. You feel so connected to the source.

• Journaling: Clears thoughts and builds self-awareness.

• Morning & Night Routines: Starts & ends the day with intention.

• Scheduling the day: Having some structure to the day makes things so awesome.

When mental wealth is locked in, everything else flows.

Balancing all 5 types of wealth isn’t about doing everything perfectly at once.

I’ve found systems to be amazing.

Life happens and things do change though.

I don’t expect to have these systems forever. But for now, they feel so great and interestingly actually make my life way better (not boring or maniacal as it may appear.. I know).

But as long as you’re adaptable/flexible, systems are great.

Then you can always shift systems and have wealth in all domains.

Hope this helps 🙏

If you want a copy of The 5 Types of Wealth, hit me up. In support of Sahil and this awesome concept of wealth in all areas of life, I bought 60 haha. 📚