Feelin' Good with Marie: The week I found faith in humanity, linkedin lunatics 10x times, plus more running hacks!!!
Hello from Alaska!!!!!!!🧊 🌳
Stay tuned this week for more on that...
Lost green cards, found faith in humanity, running hacks, and the tax on visibility
This week had everything: a small immigration crisis, a stranger restoring my hope in the world, and me hiding in a supply closet. Let’s get into it 💛
The great green card miracle
You maybe saw the post.
I lost my GREEN CARD. A stranger found it, another stranger returned it. Faith in humanity: RESTORED.
I had already mentally drafted my apology to the US government asking for a new one.
Shoutout the stranger (who shant be named in case they want to stay private) and Café du Soleil and Instagram for having DMs.
Be like them!!! 🇺🇸✨
(The badminton shoes are still missing. Please lmk if you see them...)
Things that make running 10x better
Since the Presidio 10K (and with the SF Half-Marathon looming 😳), people keep asking about my training (not really but im going to share anyway).
Here is my extremely field-tested list:
Run with buddies (and/or baddies)
Get an AI coach (or start a Claude project). Mine texts me on WhatsApp and puts my runs on my calendar. Zero thinking. I just show up.
No watch? No problem. I don’t have an Apple Watch. At the 10K I found a woman with a pacing stick and followed that stick for the entire race. Hit my goal. Thank you, pacing stick lady. 🙏
Buy shoes you LOVE. They’re the first thing in my suitcase, every trip.
Cute shoes > motivation hacks. Science.
Lots of water before. And water stations = face and hair water. Game changer on hot days.
GloGlos for energy 🍬 (had to)
Consistency comes from making it FUN. That’s the whole secret.
What are your running hacks?? I need them before the half!!
Building in public
Is building in public - AKA posting on LinkedIn and TikTok way too much - actually worth it, or just for fun?
BOTH!!!
The last few weeks, all directly from these silly posts:
Inbound to stock GloGlo in 50+ retail stores.
A celebrity team reaching out about a partnership (!!!).
Creators DMing us to collab
Amazing PA candidates.
And don’t worry about “pride” or “shame”... your real friends/family will support you through everything. Don’t let the anxiety of random internet strangers words control your life.
AND, if you do it for long enough, some people will say mean stuff (usually on Reddit...) so:
The flip side
All that visibility comes with a tax: I’ve been on LinkedIn Lunatics a DOUBLE DIGIT number of times now. Millions of views of people being... not nice.
So here’s what I tell myself when people are unkind:
Hate is the tax on visibility.
The cost of authenticity is being disliked.
Critics point at what makes you different. Protect those things.
Be palatable, or play your own game. Pick one.
Pure heart, help people daily, focus on the mission. Long-term game.
use them!!!
What’s happening in this picture?
Winner gets to look for my badminton shoes with me.
Quote for you
“Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.” - Elbert Hubbard
And that’s the week!!
Until next time: lose nothing, pick up green cards, run happy, and be nice to a stranger.
Marie 💕 💕 💕 💕