Most people do not need another list of life hacks. They need a way to handle ordinary life when motivation is low, decisions are messy, relationships get complicated, money gets tight, work changes, and plans fall apart.

How to Be Good at Life is a practical guide to becoming more capable across the parts of adulthood that matter most. Instead of promising perfection, Evan Mercer shows how to build dependable systems for habits, judgment, health, emotional resilience, relationships, communication, work, money, priorities, and change.

Inside, you will learn how to:

design behavior that relies less on willpower;

make clearer decisions under pressure;

protect sleep, energy, and recovery without turning health into an obsession;

handle difficult emotions and setbacks without letting them run the day;

build stronger boundaries and better conversations;

become useful at work without becoming consumed by work;

create more financial breathing room and better options; and

decide what deserves your time, attention, and commitment.

The book closes with a 30-Day Life Capability Reset that helps you turn the ideas into a working personal system.

You do not need to optimize every part of your life. You need a few reliable ways to choose, act, recover, connect, and adapt. This book shows you how to build them.