When the novelty is gone - Why doing things the second time is harder.
Novelty is incredible motivation. There’s nothing wrong with it. But it’s also a bit of a psychological trick that only gets us so far.
A Chance to Pivot
So I decided: Nope. Not anymore. I’m not doing it this year. I’m going to stop fixating on the stuff that pisses me off, and put my attention elsewhere. It was a “definition of insanity” moment for me.
Show Your Work
Just like in seventh-grade math class: if we don’t show our work, we don’t get full credit.
It’s Ok to Win.
We pick out books from the library together. (Recently we were reading a selection of five-minute stories, each with a “girl power” theme.) But as we’ve been reading, I’ve noticed something that isn’t sitting well with me.
Intentionality and Snoozing
My junior year in college at Florida I had a roommate who snoozed for an entire hour every day. One day in the fall I couldn’t take it anymore.
Accept or change?
My college sports career was abysmal. Every single year I found myself with another injury. You’d think that at a certain point the coaches must have been shaking their heads, thinking “why are we wasting a scholarship on this kid?”
Skills that will help you achieve your big goal (and might hurt you in life)
Everything in life is a skill.
Unfortunately, as we learn skills, we don’t always learn where and when to use them.
Do we need the Olympics?
Why we should go to the Tokyo and Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games.
There’s a lot of talk about the Olympics right now and whether sending athletes and officials there is the right thing to do, or not, for society as a whole.
You don’t need a better plan
100% commitment to a 50% plan beats a 50% commitment to a 100% plan. Every single time. Here’s why.
Energy dragging? Here’s how I snapped out of it.
A simple strategy for shifting your mindset.
Earlier this year, feeling worn down from the pandemic and wanting to shift my energy, I did something that I still feel proud of.
Ready for it?
Okay, here it is.
Pandemic Identity Theft
If you don’t feel like “you” anymore -- Read this.
Today, I wanted to try to articulate something I’ve been noticing about the pandemic experience. Living through a pandemic is challenging in many ways, including in ways that are a bit more “existential” in nature. For some of us, pandemic life has stripped away our external markers of identity—the things we use to make sense of who we are.