On May 26, 2021, tennis phenom Naomi Osaka announced on Twitter that for the sake of her mental health she would not do any press interviews at the French Open. After a tone-deaf response from the organizers , she pulled out of the tournament five days later.
The volume of tasks and distractions that surround performance can dramatically increase pressure. And as success and status build, so too does volume. The requests for Osaka’s time at the French Open in 2021 were vastly greater than they were in 2016 during her first Grand Slam event.
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A reminder that pressure is not only felt, it is also laden - sometimes we are laden with it, sometimes we lade it on others
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