David Forrester

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Categories of Life: A Python Tool for Strategic Life Design

The Categories of Life framework guides my quest for balance. Inspired by a Harvard Business Review article, I created a digital tool for strategic life planning, streamlining assessment and prompting adjustments.

Cycling

Pedalling into Community: My Journey with the Rapha Cycling Club

Relocating from Perth to Melbourne, I found RCC. It offered organised rides, a supportive community, and a seamless app experience. Joining RCC transformed my cycling journey, igniting a newfound passion and endless adventures ahead.

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Get Organised: Unleashing the Power of Smart Folders in Apple Reminders

In a follow-up to my previous post on utilising Apple Reminders for household chores, I delve into the pitfalls of the reminder lists. While the app is adept at managing tasks, the clutter of overdue chores on personal to-do lists poses a significant challenge.

Longevity

Fuelling Success: The Role of Protein in Sculpting a Healthier You

Understanding protein's importance for well-being, my intermittent fasting journey struggled to meet targets. Reintroducing breakfast and incorporating protein snacks transformed my approach. Six months later, stable energy, and mental clarity affirm the rewards of a protein-focused diet.

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Mindful Consumption: Navigating Knowledge with Obsidian

Obsidian: My content input hub, turning insights from various sources into organised, linked pages. Affordable and enhanced by plugins, it's my go-to for streamlined thinking in the digital realm.

Cycling

WatchOS 10 Best Feature: Apple Watch and iPhone Combo Redefines Cycling

WatchOS 10 enhances the cycling experience with advanced tracking on the Apple Watch. From real-time metrics on a larger iPhone display to heart rate monitor integration, it's a game-changer.

Cooking

Mastering the Art of Weekly Meal Planning: A Beginner's Guide

In the fast-paced modern world, home cooking offers a blend of convenience and nutrition. Crafting a personalised recipe list and online shopping streamline the cooking experience. My approach, with a curated list aligned with my schedule, exemplifies the balance between efficiency and variety

Longevity

My Experience With Finding Zone 2

Discover Zone 2, the happy sweet spot for fat burning and building efficient mitochondria. Whether through tests or online calculators, find your personalised training zone and embrace the initial slower pace.

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davidforrester.io 2.0

Back with Blog 2.0! Focused on Product Management, Cooking, Longevity, and Cycling. Same structure, more meaningful content. Old posts in the "Archive." Stay tuned for exciting new insights!

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How Fitbod Helped Me Reach My Strength Goals

Introduction Fitbod is a fitness app that uses a personalised algorithm to generate workout plans. The app takes into account your fitness goals, equipment, and fitness level when generating workouts. Fitbod also includes a variety of features to help you track your progress and stay motivated. I use Fitbod for

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The Best Apple Watch Faces for Every Time of Day

Introduction Do you find yourself constantly switching between different watch faces on your Apple Watch? If so, you're not alone. Many Apple Watch users find that they need different watch faces for different times of the day or different activities. In this blog post, I'll show

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How To Use Notion To Track Your Wardrobe

Introduction As a self-proclaimed productivity guru, I am drawn towards having a structure in my life and I find technology to be a great tool for visualising various aspects. Over the last decade, I have incorporated databases into every aspect of my life, be it personal or professional. However, when

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How to Structure Your Finances - Couples

Welcome to my next edition in the financial section of the blog, where we delve into the world of household finances and share a simple yet effective solution to help couples manage their expenses. This excel model is based on the post "How I Structure My Finances" and

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How to use Apple Reminders to track your house chores

The Apple Reminders app is a great tool for managing household chores. It's easy to use and allows for sharing with others.

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Time Tracking Categories of Life

As someone who tracks nearly everything they do in a calendar, I thought I would go one step further and track everything for a week.

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How To Spend Your Splurge Account

Creating a list of the items you are planning to buy or in other words a 'Wishlist', can help you prioritise your purchases.

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My Digital Filing Cabinet

While it can seem like a tedious process, capturing all you letters, documents and receipts in a digital filing system can save you time and panic when you need to find that one important item from X months ago.

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Why I Have 5 Todo Lists

... and maybe why I should look to consolidate. Every once in a while, I get excited by an announcement or article describing a new system or approach and I drop everything and try to move my entire process over. Below is the current state of my Todo systems and if

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How To Ensure You Stretch Everyday

With sitting down all day at work I find that my legs and back become very inflexible. Leaving these symptoms unchecked results in a very inflexible lower body for myself and I can only imagine it getting worse the older I get.

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My Eight WFH Essentials

Over the past few years and especially during COVID I have collected and tested a range of working from home devices and furniture. While some of these items are expensive, I believe if you have the money the investment is worth it.

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How To Automate Your Study Schedule

If you are a student at university or in the same boat as me at work, try using this approach and template to increase the efficiency of your study and increase your chances of getting the grade you are working towards.

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My Secret For Building Better Habits

My favorite app for setting and tracking my habits.

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How To Take Consulting Notes In Notion

This template uses Notions database feature which allows for the consolidation of notes in a systematic way.

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How I Structure My Finances

If we only take away one thing from this post it is to move away from banks that are charging you fees to hold your money.

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Goal Tracking

Writing down yearly goals allows you to keep track of them and identify any issues you may encounter with achieving them early.