Author Archives: David Shirley

Food Humans work well on very few calories. Eat the least amount of food necessary.  Strength Gravity makes us strong. Lifting heavy things increases gravity. To make muscles, bones and connective tissue strong, lift heavy things. Cardio Walk or sprint, but don’t jog. Jogging fails at attempting to combine these two. Instead: sprint 100 meters,Continue reading “Fitness in 100 Words”

Do the same thing, daily. Pick a daily schedule, and never change it. Me I recently met up with a good friend of mine. We ate lunch in old town Temecula. I asked my friend out to lunch because I had a question for him. It’s a question about improvement. A current interest of mine.Continue reading “A Daily Routine”

“It’s better to do less than you hoped than nothing at all. No zero days.” – James Clear I was talking with my son. We talked about how to best spend his time. Because of online school, he finds himself with a lot of time in the day. What I wanted him to think aboutContinue reading “The Five Minute Trick”

I want to post a piece of writing every Friday. But writing is hard. There is an expectation to make the piece great. A fun read. A riveting tale. But that’s not true. Because here is a riveting tale: Jack and Jill went up a hill. Both with a buck and quarter. Jill came downContinue reading “Writing is Hard”

You can be anything you want in life. And to make it come true, first, make it true in your mind. Shared reality How is a story made? A story is first conceived in the mind, but to be believable, the story must be shared. I’ll use an example to illustrate. Money is a story.Continue reading “Trick Yourself”