Hi there, welcome to Overdistance. My name is Alexandra Sizemore and I’m the author of this newsletter. I like running and mechanical keyboards and computers and photography and gadgets and college football and baseball and sports in general.
Humans aren’t one-dimensional, neither is this publication. I believe that overspecialization, be it kids in sports or adults trying to find a tiny content niche on the internet where they can plant their flag and own their digital plot of land, is bad. Joining new communities, learning about new things, and trying out new hobbies all help us find out more about ourselves and more about the world.
I send out posts on Mondays and Fridays at 5 AM Central.
The Monday post is my more thoughtful post of the week. I can’t tell you from one week to another what it’s going to be about. It might be about an experience I had that week, or about running or technology or sports or something completely different! You might not be interested in everything I write about, and that’s okay with me.
Friday’s post highlights some of the photos I’ve taken and does a deep dive into what I like about them, why I edited them, what I found challenging about them, or anything else worth sharing. I also include links to a few things I read that week that I thought were worth sharing.
If you want to take a quick tour of this newsletter, here are some posts that I’m particularly proud of:
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What’s in a name?
I picked this name because one of my core beliefs is that society has been structured too much toward short term solutions and gains at the detriment of longer term structural changes and benefits. When I try to think about my actions and plans, it’s important to me that I consider how it’s going to affect not just my next day, week or month, but how it can affect the rest of my life or beyond.
Thus came Overdistance.
The name is a bit of a play on a running term. When your long runs are longer than the length of the race, they’re called overdistance runs. I want to keep things structured toward long-term thinking, and what’s more emblematic of that than running further than you have to because you know it’ll help you run a shorter distance faster? (Probably a lot of things, but I’m honestly very surprised that I’ve put together something even this cohesive.)
