"Am I the only one NOT living my best life during the Coronavirus?"

If your are feeling weighed down and exhausted by the stress created in our lives by COVID-19, then you are not alone. Some of us started this experience with grandiose thoughts of thriving and doing all the things we have not had time to do... but instead we become overcome with debilitating dread and lack of motivation. Matthew Hussey's video speaks to this and gives us tools and encouragement including his discussion of the following:

1. Surrender

2. Focus on Emotions- not the Circumstances

3. Place Pain in a Larger Context

Am I the only one not living my best life during the coronavirus? https://youtu.be/5TtaTN5MsDo

"I don’t know about you, but I’m already exhausted by the avalanche of motivational quotes online right now. Advice everywhere. Everyone talking. It’s kind of numbing. Realistically, we’re not exactly focused on how to live our “best” life right now. We’re trying to keep ourselves and our families safe, salvage a few of our regular routines, and keep ourselves from devolving into a Netflix and Oreos spiral. Well, at least I am. And just like you probably do, I fluctuate between being OK and feeling intense melancholy about the situation. (I’m also sick of being taunted by home workout videos I’m not actually doing.) Anyway. If you can relate to any of this, I made you a video. I certainly haven’t got this all figured out. And you probably haven’t either. But I think there are some very manageable ways we can feel a little better right now, and release the pressure of the unrealistic expectations many of us are putting on ourselves in what is already a very difficult time. I explain them in the video... One day at a time, friends."

- Matthew Hussey