Annus Mirabilis is Latin for “the miraculous year.” For Albert Einstein, 1905 was his Annus Mirabilis, where he published 4 ground-breaking, career-defining papers.
This is my miraculous year — I know it. I’ve fundamentally changed as a person and my priorities are aligned in my life. Spiritually, I feel like a Jedi. Here is how the rest of 2026 will go.
What I Plan To Do
I will scale the fuck out of a company I’m excited about — I’m in my gunslinger era.
What I’ve Done So Far
I filed a patent for an agentic AI product I built with my team at Instacart.
What I Plan To Do
I will publish at least 4 books while writing more.
I will write 750,000 words this year (across books & essays).
What I’ve Done So Far
I’ve published 1 of the 4 books while continuously writing.
I’ve written 1,121 pages this year so far for 4 new books.
I’ve written 354,756 words this year (across books & essays).
What I Plan To Do
I will read at least 50 books.
I will read at least 20,000 pages.
I will read at least 4 of the 64 volume Britannica Great Books series.
I will read at least 6 of the 16 national epics (scroll down to view the 16).
What I’ve Done So Far
I’ve read 38 books so far.
I’ve read 19,302 pages so far.
I’ve read 2 of the 4 books I’m committing to from the Britannica Great Books series.
I’ve read 6 of the 6 committed national epics.
Here are the 15 national epics I plan to read (so far).
✅ The Epic of Gilgamesh — Ancient Mesopotamia
✅ Aeneid — Ancient Rome
✅ The Iliad — Ancient Greece
✅ The Ramayana — Ancient India
✅ Beowulf — Medieval English
✅ The Song of Roland — Medieval France
The Nibelungenlied — Germany
The Lay of the Cid — Medieval Spain
The Odyssey — Ancient Greece
The Mahabarata — Ancient India
Shahnameh — Ancient Persia
Epic of Sundiata — Medieval Mali
Mwindo — Central Africa
Popol Vuh — Mayans
The Kalevala — Finland
The Tale of the Heike — Ancient Greece
What I Plan To Do
I plan to secure my first client by the end of the year and build it from there. I will publish at least 40 more essays.
What I’ve Done So Far
I began writing essays on my new coaching path in order to find my voice. More details to come soon.
What I Plan To Do
I will grow the channel organically and authentically — no gimmicks, just “1,000 true fans.”
What I’ve Done So Far
I launched my YouTube channel & created 17 videos so far. I will announce the channel after I publish 100 videos to get reps in.
Autodidaction
Since April 2026 I have been attending a Doctorate Program, taught by myself, for myself. I call it, a PhD in Self Mastery. Using this time, I have grown and developed myself across 4 pillars:
Success & Finance
Faith & Spirituality
Relationships & Family
Health & Fitness
The curriculum I’ve developed for 2026 and my progress is coming soon.
