In a recent New York Times article, University of Pennsylvania professor and author Adam Grant, talks about the space between thriving and depression, a state he calls ‘languishing’. While I might not agree with all that he says, I think that he is identifying something real—an essential sense of dread, a palpable feeling of being stuck. There seems to be this space between flourishing and depression.
Socrates described flourishing as the sense that you are operating on all cylinders and feeling ‘flow’. Depression, on the other hand, is crippling, a sense of despair and hopelessness. It is a sense of being trapped with no exit.
Grant believes that over these past 18 months, many of us have found ourselves smack in the middle. He refers to this as ‘languishing.’ We feel stuck and unmotivated. Interesting.
I thought I would pass this on for you to consider. Remember, we will get through this. Stay hopeful. Keep a gratitude list and live one day at a time.
Warmly. Doug