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Focus on a small goal

Focus on a small goal

To transcend languishing, try starting with small wins: make your bed, clean your house, clean your car, make time to read a few pages every day. 

One of the clearest paths to flow is taking a challenge. That means carving out daily time to focus on a challenge that matters to you — an interesting project, a worthwhile goal, a meaningful conversation.

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What is Languishing

What is Languishing

Languishing is the neglected middle child of mental health. It’s the void between depression and flourishing — the absence of well-being. 

You don’t have symptoms of mental illness, but you’re not the picture of mental health either. You’re not functioning at full capacity....

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The middle ground between flourishing and depression

The middle ground between flourishing and depression

In psychology, we think about mental health on a spectrum from depression to flourishing.

Flourishing is the peak of well-being: You have a strong sense of meaning, mastery and mattering to others.

Depression is the valley of ill-being: You feel despo...

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An antidote to languishing

An antidote to languishing

A concept called “flow” may be an antidote to languishing. 

Flow is that elusive state of absorption in a meaningful challenge or a momentary bond, where your sense of time, place and self melts away. 

During the early days of the pandemic, t...

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Give yourself some uninterrupted time

Give yourself some uninterrupted time

This means you need to set boundaries. 

Years ago, a Fortune 500 software company in India tested a simple policy: no interruptions Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings. When the company set this as an official policy, 65% of its employees achieved above-average productivity.

The les...

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Languishing: The name for the BLAH you're feeling right now

Languishing: The name for the BLAH you're feeling right now

Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness. It feels as if you’re muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield.

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Having a name for it might help

Having a name for it might help

Psychologists find that one of the best strategies for managing emotions is to name them. 

We still have a lot to learn about what causes languishing and how to cure it, but naming it might be a first step. 

It could help to defog our vision, giving us a clearer window into what had b...

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