Author: Steve Ainslie

I am a grinder. All my life I’ve pushed hard and persistently against obstacles, discomfort and challenges. I don’t give up easily. I keep grinding. It’s my nature. The older I get, the more I recognize that this is not always appropriate. I can be obsessive, obstinate and plain foolhardy. I am trying to change….

Note: This post is more for me to sort out what I’m thinking than for my readers. If you’re not interested in fitness and dealing with getting older, you might want to skip it. I’ve been reading and listening to Mike Boyle as I re-immerse myself into functional training. On a podcast, Mike was a…

After having a few weeks of making steady progress with my injures I had a setback today. I’m so sick of talking about this that I’m not getting into the details. It’s annoying, painful and will likely stall my progress for a while. And that’s in the best case scenario. After it happened, I worked…

Yesterday much of the city was closed for the 3rd day in a row because of this past weekend’s ice storm. Schools were cancelled or doing remote education. The main roads are clear of ice but the side roads were hit and miss. Because the temps started in the low teens, many remained schools closed…

I had my drop off the cliff moment with my injured shoulder earlier this week. It had been gradually getting better, with a few hiccups, over the past couple of weeks. Then, all of a sudden, I woke up a few days ago and didn’t need to take anything to reduce the pain. As I…

We’re about to get slammed by a huge winter storm that is impacting people across the country. Our forecast calls for extremely frigid temperatures dropping into the single digits accompanied by 36 hours of sleet and frozen rain. It is going to a f***ing disaster in Raleigh. The local and national forecasts, including ones from…

I was listening to an episode of Peter Attia’s podcast which had a panel of 3 fitness experts on to discuss fitness, health, nutrition, injuries, training, aging and other related topics. I was particularly interested because one of the panel members is Mike Boyle, a trainer with 45+years of experience who is a renowned expert…

My MacBook battery needs to be recharged after about 2 hours of use. It’s nearly 9 years old so that doesn’t come as a surprise. There’s no point is paying $199 to replace the battery. My MacBook is old enough now that Apple designates it “vintage“. It is incompatible with the latest operating systems and…

So am I. I heard Morgan Housel say this on a podcast today. He was talking about people who think they are above average investors. But it got me thinking about everything in life. By definition, at all times, in all things, half of us are below average. For me, this is quite apparent with…

My kitchen sink had been backing when I ran the disposal for months. This happened before so I knew what to do. I spent an afternoon disassembling the drain pipes under the sink. Then I cleaned out the grease and muck that had coagulated inside them. It helped a lot. But I was still having…