{"id":101486,"date":"2021-04-20T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=101486"},"modified":"2021-04-20T18:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T22:49:53","slug":"nyt-theres-a-name-for-the-blah-youre-feeling-its-called-languishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=101486","title":{"rendered":"(NYT) There\u2019s a Name for the Blah You\u2019re Feeling: It\u2019s Called Languishing"},"content":{"rendered":"

At first, I didn\u2019t recognize the symptoms that we all had in common. Friends mentioned that they were having trouble concentrating. Colleagues reported that even with vaccines on the horizon, they weren\u2019t excited about 2021. A family member was staying up late to watch \u201cNational Treasure\u201d<\/em> again even though she knows the movie by heart. And instead of bouncing out of bed at 6 a.m., I was lying there until 7, playing Words with Friends.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t burnout \u2014 we still had energy. It wasn\u2019t depression \u2014 we didn\u2019t feel hopeless. We just felt somewhat joyless and aimless. It turns out there\u2019s a name for that: languishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness. It feels as if you\u2019re muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield. And it might be the dominant emotion of 2021.<\/p>\n

As scientists and physicians work to treat and cure the physical symptoms of long-haul Covid, many people are struggling with the emotional long-haul of the pandemic. It hit some of us unprepared as the intense fear and grief of last year faded.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The emotional toll of the pandemic has left many with a sense of stagnation and emptiness.<\/p>\n

That feeling of muddling through your days, lacking motivation and struggling to focus has a name, writes the organizational psychologist Adam Grant: languishing.https:\/\/t.co\/FDVcQ3O3MC<\/a><\/p>\n

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n