Was just reading the book gifted to me from a good friend You Only Die Once and in the book there was a questionnaire that asked me to rate myself against the statement "I feel like I have a distinct purpose on the planet, like my life has some kind of meaning." I scored quite... Continue Reading →
Happy; unhappy.A cloud; the Sun.A walk; a jog;maybe I run.
Any way, just thought I'd add some thoughts here since I haven't written for so long. My mind was stressing over something, didn't quite know how to tackle the problem. Went for a run; it wasn't great, wasn't really feeling it, but more or less completed what I set out to do. And at the... Continue Reading →
I'm currently reading the book Shoot the Damn Dog: A Memoir of Depression and it's... depressing. I'd thought of reading the book because I wanted to understand depression a little more, as I felt I was a little more susceptible to its callings (for reasons I won't go into here); and with greater understanding, the... Continue Reading →
Am I Donn dreaming that I am writing this text, or am I text dreaming I'm being written by Donn?
I'm currently reading this book called Say Thank You for Everything. One of the tips that the author gives is: focus on being just slightly better. No need for superstardom. It appealed to me because that's pretty much how I've lived my life: not focusing on being the best, necessarily; just good enough, and where... Continue Reading →
Reminder to self: leaning in isn't the answer; but nor is quiet quitting. It's finding that balance between the two.
Imagine Dragon's song Natural plays in the background. I'm singing to it. That's the price you payLeave behind your heart and cast awayJust another product of todayRather be the hunter than the prey Love this song. But when I got to "rather be the hunter than the prey" my head gave a subliminal shake. Something... Continue Reading →
When I went out the door for my run last evening I told myself, I'll start to enjoy it halfway through, a reminder of what had transpired during an earlier run when I was feeling like sh*t and yet went out anyway. During that run I started awful. Just moments before I'd had doubts swarming... Continue Reading →
I've recently gone back to regular long distance running, having averaged more than 20km per week in the last month, and even had a couple of 90 minute runs. I haven't done this since before the pandemic, so it's a pretty big deal for me. Before the pandemic these would be "medium" runs, and most... Continue Reading →
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