Search
Google
About the Site Designer: Shelly Durrell
It's only fair that you know a little bit about me and my background. Like you, I have had my share of ups and downs in my life, but through it all, I've ended up living a Great Life. I am one of those people who said "Someday I will write a book," and I did (Healing the Fisher King: Spiritual Lessons with Parzival, Gump, the Grail, and Star Wars). The book won five awards. I became a Kung Fu teacher (Sifu) in the Wah Lum Tam Tui Northern Praying Mantis System and also a teacher of Tai Chi and other Internal Martial Arts, teaching for over 24 years. I've organized shows, demonstrations, and seminars, allowing me to travel the world for these promotions. I've done rim-to-rim hikes of the Grand Canyon. A few years ago I moved to Vegas, allowing me to trek to Zion, Bryce, and the Grand Canyon a few times of the year. I continue to learn, grow, and seek out new adventures, which is my definition of a Great Life. I hope my website will help you enjoy your life and find your personal adventures.
    — Shelly —
Third Party Downloads
Get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader

Click here if your browser can not open the items in this sidebar.

RSS Feed RSS Feed

The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.

— Harry Bertoia —

This is Your Great Life so you must be diligent in Designing it. I have a few notes to help you work on your own Design Process based on The STARS System.

Finding My Own Style

  1. At the beginning, follow The STARS System as I laid it out. There is a time-proven tradition in both western and eastern art of first copying the masters to learn and get basics down, before attempting one's own style. I am not putting myself in the company of masters, but I have been successful at achieving things that were important to me by applying the principles I have outlined.
  2. After a while, create sheets that emphasize the different STARS elements that are more important to you. There have been times that deadlines forced me to be very conscious of the Time Element, but at other times, I was furiously writing about my Spirit to get direction on a situation.
  3. Look at things you do in your own life that have worked in the past and that you might want to add to your worksheets.
  4. Find a natural flow of work that gives you results. Often that will depend on the project you are working on. Some of my work is done on the computer, other work will be on notepads on my desk, and other items will be in a notebook to carry in my purse. You don't have to be tied to one way of communicating with yourself. You just want it to work, no matter how you design it.

Enjoy Designing Your Great Life. Grow, experience, be adventurous, and keep making your life better.


— Shelly —