Running with Minions

The Imposter Syndrome Picture this.  Source: gailgazelle.com You have a very important task you need to start working on ASAP, so you give yourself two extreme ways to go about doing it:  Option 1: You don't invest the amount of time and effort required to successfully pull off said project.  Option 2: You sacrifice your sleep, sanity, friendships, relationships, as well as your physical and mental wellbeing to ace said project. Logic says you should feel pretty satisfied if you somehow found yourself nodding your head along while reading scenario 2. And it's great if that works for you. For many people though, both scenario 1 AND 2 result in the absolute same outcome: The Imposter Syndrome   –   when your insecurities are through the roof whether you've decided to invest 20min or 20hours of your time.  Running for the First Time Source: hunterheadline.com Academics and social psychologists each have a unique and rather advanced way of defining Imposter Syndrome, but, the o

My Introduction to Running One day, my 4-year old excitedly informed me he named one of his minions: ‘mom’. I must’ve considered at least a hundred different reasons for this until he finally told me that I was bestowed this tremendous honor because this particular character was the only minion with brown glasses. Almost immediately, I found myself laughing at how I could’ve missed the most obvious justification primarily because up until that point in my life, I only did things for predictable reasons: I studied because grades mattered, worked because I wanted the experience, and ran because what else was I going to do when I wasn’t studying or working? I didn’t think about why I wanted to run in the first place. Sometimes I ran away from things. Other times, I ran towards better things. I ran, simply, because it made sense. And when something makes sense, you do more of it.  Why I Started Running Again Two pregnancies and an endless list of responsibilities later, I