Maintaining Momentum (Or Not)
Six weeks in, and most of us are having a lot of trouble with what one of our listeners called this "very strange limbo."\nThat listener asked in our Facebook group what she might do to make herself get off the couch, stop looking at her phone, maintain momentum.\nBecause that is the usual goal: we all know that once we stop running and rest, we won't be able to run as far when we try again. A body at rest tends to stay at rest.\nBut here's the thing: when you run a marathon, and mile 19 gets really hard, you know what mile you're in. You know how much farther you have to go. And the people on the sidelines aren't small children yelling at you.\nDo the usual ideas we have about productivity and energy and momentum even apply in this moment?\nAnd if not, what are the new strategies we can put in place to help us make it to the next lamppost?\n\nHere are links to research and other things we discuss in this episode:\nour own Episode 142: Letting People Into Our Mess\nBren\xe9 Brown's podcast Unlocking Us\nThe Lancet: The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence\nPaul Ollinger for Forge: Your Only Goal Is To Arrive\nJudson Brewer for Harvard Business Review: Anxiety Is Contagious. Here\u2019s How to Contain It.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices