David Avellaneda
Hi, I’m:

DavidAvellaneda

That’s me. (a normal guy)

In pursuit of a life well lived.

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A little context

01 / About

I’m David. I’m 24 and pursuing the life I want.

I have a pretty clear idea of the life I want: close relationships, financial stability, meaningful work and a healthy, active life. I’m working towards it one decision at a time.

Right now, I’m based in Barcelona, working in technology and innovation, studying Data Science, cycling, training, travelling when I can and making time for family and friends.

Nothing extraordinary. Just taking each part seriously and documenting what happens on the way.

Years old
24
Based
Barcelona
Work
Technology & Innovation
Life outside work
Cycling, training, travel, family & friends

02 / Right now

What I’m into right now.

The things I keep coming back to.

Work

Technology & Innovation

From a messy problem to something usefulAn irregular line begins tangled, passes through people and testing, and finishes as a clear useful outcome.MESSY PROBLEMPEOPLETESTSOMETHING USEFUL

Working on technology, industrial systems and innovation projects — usually trying to turn messy problems into something useful.

Learning

Data Science

Statistics, models and code coming togetherThree distinct layers converge into one shared structure.STATISTICSMODELSCODEONE SHAREDSTRUCTURE Trying to understand it properly.

Studying Data Science alongside work. Still learning, still getting things wrong, slowly understanding more.

Movement

Movement & Endurance

Cycling, running and strengthCycling takes the longest line, while running and strength accompany and support it.CYCLING — FIRSTRUNNING — ALONGSIDE ITSTRENGTH — SUPPORTING BOTH

Cycling comes first. Running and strength usually fit somewhere around it.

Based

Barcelona

Barcelona as a starting pointA simplified Eixample-inspired grid with a non-specific home point and a route leaving the grid.HOME Usually the starting point.

Home, for now — and usually the starting point for work, rides, trips and everything in between.

Health / Recovery

Metrics, recovery & performance

I’ve become slightly obsessed with understanding how sleep, training and recovery affect how I feel and perform.

Obsessed with my RHR, HRV and VO2 max. Also overthinking cortisol.
Still chasing 100 percent.
An illustrative health and recovery notebook sketch Three irregular score circles for strain, sleep and recovery, followed by resting heart rate, heart rate variability and VO2 max values. A final sequence reads sleep, recovery, training, repeat. 76 STRAIN 100 SLEEP 75 RECOVERY 40 RHR 105 HRV 55 VO2 MAX
SLEEP RECOVERY TRAINING REPEAT

What this becomes

What you’ll find here.

Work, learning, movement, health, Barcelona and the ordinary moments in between — the parts of life I’m trying to understand, improve and document as I pursue something better.

Not separate content pillars. Just different parts of the same life.

Five parts of one life becoming one documented life Hand-drawn paths from technology, learning, movement, health and Barcelona converge into one shared direction. TECHNOLOGY & IDEAS DATA & LEARNING MOVEMENT & ENDURANCE HEALTH & RECOVERY BARCELONA & EVERYDAY LIFE ONE LIFE, DOCUMENTED Same life, different angles.

On the way

I know where I want to go.I’m interested in what happens on the way.

The stick figure could be me, or anyone — at any age, at any point in life — choosing to learn, improve and pursue something better without pretending the work is already done.

Online, everyone seems to be a founder, a CEO or claiming to make €20k a month. I couldn’t find many people whose lives felt like mine: ambitious but ordinary, with high standards, real constraints and a path being built with intention. So I’m documenting mine.

If you’re pursuing something too, you’ll probably recognise something here.

Could be me. Could be you.