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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

968: Habits and Changes We Want to Make in 2026

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Tech News, News, Technology

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Wes and Scott talk about setting realistic goals for the new year, building habits through small, sustainable changes, creating systems that actually stick, and why incremental progress beats big resolutions every time. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax! 00:26 Wes: Stand more 06:55 Wes: Learn to wake up early 10:04 Scott: Embrace daily TODOs Tweek 14:18 Brought to you by Sentry.io 14:43 Wes: Better email management 19:14 Scott: Become more minimal 22:13 Wes: Get faster at typing 26:55 Scott: Listen to more self-help books 30:18 Scott: Track long-term habits 31:36 Scott (and Wes): Ship more things Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads

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0:00.0

It's new year, new me, new us, new West, new Scott.

0:04.1

We're going to be kicking off this year with the type of things that, well, we want to

0:08.0

change in ourselves over the course of this year, but also how you can cultivate change

0:12.4

in your life and the types of things that you are wanting to see out of yourself over the

0:17.4

course of the year. Wes, my man, New Year New Year New Me. How's it going? Good.

0:23.0

You're standing. We're recording this in December. Yeah, standing. That's one of my goals this year.

0:28.3

I've got the standing desk and I've forever been a standing desk hater because I say, I love the

0:34.2

standing desk simply because you can adjust it to be the perfect height for your sitting. You can adjust your chair to you feel good and then you adjust your desk up and down so that it feels good as well. But there's got to be something to the standing right now. So I'm feeling it right now. So I'm like, new year, new me. I'm going to be standing. I'm going to be trying to stand at least. What's a good amount of hours that you think I should be standing every week to be not as as much as possible? Get those like some work. Get a little treadmill. Walk on that bad boy. Get them legs moving. Yeah, do some squats. You can have your, here's the power move, program your desk so that it automatically moves up and down.

1:14.9

So you've got to squat with it.

1:17.3

That's so stupid.

1:18.8

I have work to do.

1:22.7

Can you imagine?

1:24.6

Yeah.

1:25.5

When you have these goals every year, you need to be like, we always talk about smart goals,

1:29.4

right?

1:29.6

Which is like, it needs to be specific, attainable, measurable.

1:35.1

I'm doing it in the wrong order.

1:36.8

Yeah.

1:37.6

They're smart.

1:38.2

Time based.

1:39.6

Yeah.

1:40.3

So I think I'm going to try to stand for at least two hours a week, which is not a lot,

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