Author: Alex Nonnemacher

10k

The 10k is my favorite and most dreaded workout. I do steady state 10ks about once a week. This is my last 10k and I thought it was gonna be a middling performance at best. I’d like to wrap one up in 40 mins and get my power steadily in the 180s.

Ride the wave.

You Can’t Be Liked by Everyone

This can be rooted in fear of rejection and an intense desire of wanting to be liked, but we’re never going to be liked by everyone. On top of that in many instances, people pleasers in can often end up feeling left out or rejected anyway, or resentful about feeling as though they give far more than they receive in return. Because they try to be everything to everyone, it also comes across as incredibly wishy-washy and that’s an unattractive quality to most people, because then you feel like you never get to really know that person. You’re missing out on creating lasting bonds, deep relationships, and cultivating that true connection.

People pleasing is the equivalent of going through life with a full body suit of armour on, and in a constant battle with yourself and with those around you rather than taking the armour off, experiencing a few wounds, and allowing the wounds to heal and growing stronger as a result.

The Dishonesty of People Pleasing

Raindrop.io Getting the PARA Treatment

I’ve been reading Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain and am intrigued by his PARA method. I’ve set up the home directory on my OneDrive account that way, and still have to finish this on my Mac. I’ve always had a sense of unease about how I organize (or don’t organize) files on my internal storage as well as in apps like DEVONThink (and now OneNote). My OneNote installation is set up using PARA; I’m committing to using [Raindrop.io][1] more mindfully and am setting it up now using PARA.