My new dad 7pm work rule
2026-03-18 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:46 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Books and reading (also: Productivity and time) · mode: Review and recommendation · tags: Family
Having decided to chill out this year, Ali has a rule of no work after 7 p.m. on weekdays or at weekends; he has taken up running with audiobooks, recommends Dark Age, The Psychology of Money and Breath, and now reads more fantasy and parenting books since becoming a father.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — The rule: nothing that looks like work after 7 p.m. or at weekends
- ★★★ Long obsessed with productivity and the grind, Ali has decided in 2026 to chill out more and set himself a rule: nothing that even remotely looks like work after 7 p.m. on weekdays or at weekends. — 00:00:00
- ★★ In his evenings and weekends off, Ali has recently taken up running: he runs with his AirPods in, listening to books on Audible. — 00:00:00 · AirPods, Audible
- ★★ Ali is listening to Pierce Brown's Dark Age, book five of the Red Rising series, which he calls absolutely sick. — 00:00:00
- ★★ Ali recently re-listened to Morgan Housel's The Psychology of Money, which he calls fantastic. — 00:00:00
00:00:10 — Running with audiobooks: Dark Age, The Psychology of Money, Breath; from business books to fantasy and parenting
- ★★ Ali has also re-listened to James Nestor's Breath, on the power of nasal rather than mouth breathing, and says nasal breathing helps him on his runs. — 00:00:29
- ★★ When Ali was in grind mode growing the business, his library was almost all business and productivity books; it has shifted towards fantasy fiction and parenting books since he recently became a father. — 00:00:29
Threads in this video
- refine · How do you balance ambitious work with family life? — Long obsessed with productivity and the grind, Ali has decided in 2026 to chill out more and set himself a rule: nothing that even remotely looks like work after 7 p.m. on weekdays or at weekends. (00:00:00)
- refine · How many hours a day should you work? — Long obsessed with productivity and the grind, Ali has decided in 2026 to chill out more and set himself a rule: nothing that even remotely looks like work after 7 p.m. on weekdays or at weekends. (00:00:00)
Mentioned
People: James Nestor · Morgan Housel · Pierce Brown
Works: Breath · Dark Age · Red Rising · The Psychology of Money
Concepts: hustle culture
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