DAILY FIVE (v3, updated 21Jan2026) Body, Brain, Production, Connection, Logistics

One of my best productivity tools isn’t a “hack” or an “app” but is the realization that protection and progress are daily events, especially when they might only need 20 minutes.

Infographic updated 21Jan2026:

• PDF and JPG/JPEG versions are provided below.

• The only part that needs explanation is “my 5pSPMD” which I have described in the attached PDF excerpted from IM4 textbook—see PDF provided below.

Productivity “hacks” and perspectives—new diagram updated 21Jan2026

One of my best productivity tools isn’t a “hack” or an “app” or anything of those sorts. It is the realization that protection and progress are daily events, even—and especially—when they might only need 20 minutes of time and effort.

Problems with my previous system (which at least was a start in the right direction)

1. Structured but incomplete: For example, for a few years I scheduled my “logistics” for the first week of each month; this was dedicated time and attention mostly for paying bills such as monthly utilities. But this did not include anything related to taxes or bookkeeping, which could have been included to keep this behemoth manageable instead of allowing it to grow in the dark to an unmanageable size every year.

2. Did not allow for schedule conflicts and flexibility: Additionally and importantly, by scheduling this for a specific time each month, I was functionally screwed—my system was broken—if that specified time was occupied or distracted with another event such as travel. Also, if I happened to have a nonscheduled day free from other tasks, the idea of working on billing/logistics might not occur to me if I have it organized and sequestered into a specific pigeonhole.

I created what I call the “daily 5” and organized these daily areas of activity into an infographic diagram, now in its 3rd version updated 21Jan2026 and linked below.

For details on “my 5pSPMD” , see the video recently re-posted with the updated video-article series on Dietary Protein:

1. Part 1 VIDEO: Overview, history, and 1-hour conference presentation (video, linked here and below)

   

2. Part 2 VIDEO: The eight (8) major considerations in the conversation on dietary protein (video, linked here and below)

3. Part 3: Dietary Protein: Spanish sardines, cheese, pesto, and coffee

4. Part 4: Low-protein diets cause losses of body cell mass, muscle function, and immune response

5. Part 5 VIDEO: Cheese, other common milk-based foods such as kefir and yogurt; accessory nutrients and bioavailability

6. Part 6 VIDEO: pH alkalinization problems with Ketogenic and High-Protein Diets

DAILY FIVE (v3): PDF and JPG/JPEG versions are provided below:

Videos for the HUMAN MICROBIOME AND DYSBIOSIS IN CLINICAL DISEASE series are linked below:

1. Can you answer these 10 questions on dysbiosis and microbiome?

2. VIDEO with discussion of QUESTIONS and ANSWERS 1-5 with Test-Taking Strategies

3. QUESTIONS and ANSWERS for Dysbiosis & Microbiome (6-10) with Test-Taking Strategies

4. Microbiome Dysbiosis (1) Course Overview and Introduction to Major Concepts and Mechanisms

5. Microbiome Dysbiosis (2) Physiologic and Pathologic Mechanisms of Dysbiosis and Subclinical Microbial Colonizations (VIDEO:1hour,15minutes)

6. Microbiome Dysbiosis (3) Prototypes of Dysbiosis-Induced Disease(VIDEO:1hour,42minutes=102minutes)

7. Microbiome Dysbiosis (4) Conceptual Expansion Exploring Clinical Testing, Microbial Relevance and Irrelevance [VIDEO:1hour,18minutes=78minutes]

8. Microbiome Dysbiosis (5) Microbial Consequences in the Mouth, Oral Cavity[VIDEO:1hour,44minutes=104minutes]

9. Microbiome Dysbiosis (6) Microbial Imbalances in the Respiratory Tract and Sinuses [VIDEO:1hour,35minutes=95minutes]

10. Microbiome Dysbiosis (7) Dysbiosis by Location—Genitourinary Tract

11. Microbiome Dysbiosis (8) Dysbiosis by Location—Blood, Tissue, Parenchymal Dysbioses

12. Microbiome Dysbiosis (9) Dysbiosis by Location—Skin and Environmental Dysbiosis