i’m mentally preparing for another year in lockdown and wondering how i will want to feel a year from now looking back on 2021 if it’s another year of minimal social contact, mostly in my flat, alone. can i find ways to thrive instead of just survive?
i’m feeling a little anxious about setting goals, knowing how fragile mental health can be in circumstances like we are now living through. but i also don’t want to give up before starting...
in 2020, i tried to find coping mechanisms that would at least be “productive” or surface-level healthy, while fully acknowledging them as coping mechanisms. i read a lot (85 books; probably equivalent time on articles). i worked out a lot (30,910 min on peloton; ran ~600 miles)
i will definitely keep doing more of the reading and working out because i think mental and physical exercise is so important, but maybe this year i don’t have to be on the activity treadmill just to numb my brain, and can spend a little more time being mindful and deliberate.
curious to hear how other people are approaching new year’s resolutions or not, why or why not, etc etc!

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