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Harry Fischer's avatar

Keep up the great work, I truly enjoy your articles

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Brittlestar's avatar

Thanks, Harry! Kind words very much appreciated.

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Micheline Maynard's avatar

You’re being too modest. You and Gurdeep were an important part of my pandemic. I desperately missed the ability to hop across the border and laugh with my Canadian family and friends. You provided the virtual laughs and Gurdeep the positivity. I can’t tell you how happy I was to see you together.

I can relate to feeling sluggish, however. One thing I’m doing is trying to stick to a 9 a.m. start to my day. No lolling around any more. I once read that Bono starts every day at 9 am, no matter how late U2 plays ir whether he is out on the town. If an international rock star can get up at 9 am, a modestly successful American writer can do the same.

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Bob Roth's avatar

Too many people are caught in a holding pattern. It's borne of many things, but chiefly fear of change, and sloth. And it was around long before the pandemic; covid just made it nigh-universal.

Get comfortable with going outside your comfort zone! That's the only way to have better than what you currently have, and your comfort zone is also known as "personal stagnation". Doesn't sound so good then, does it?

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Brittlestar's avatar

'Stagnation' is the perfect word to describe it.

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