Hi there, welcome to Overdistance. My name is Alexandra Sizemore (hence the Sizemo in the URL) and I’m the author of this newsletter. I live in Dallas, TX with my husband and my dog. I like running and mechanical keyboards and computers 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 not a good trend. 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.

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 can tell you I’ve never done a long run longer than a marathon in prep for a race, but I often do long runs that are overdistance during half marathon and under distance training.

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. That thinking is why I began to try to examine the whys of my own thinking and actions, and why I wanted to write down what I came up with in my investigations.

Thus came Overdistance.

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