I don’t affiliate myself with either American political party. I find it strange that so many people’s beliefs happen to line up so well with their respective political parties that they indoctrinate themselves into the whole package and accept the label as a badge.

Is it miraculous that so many people have the same viewpoint, or is it more likely that a lot of people let their views be shaped into neat boxes?

I’ve thought about this for the last several years. And then two things happened.

1. Trump was elected.
2. George Floyd was murdered.

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When the pandemic hit, I suddenly lost my main exercise outlet (the gym). So I simply replaced my habit poster entries for the gym and replaced them with comparable home exercises. I didn’t miss a day.

In fact, I’ve been exercising more frequently, even with the same amount of free time (I’ve always worked from home). 

Elastic Habits are easily changed. Here’s how that compounds in your favor:

1. You are able to quickly maneuver your goals, even when, you know, a global pandemic changes the fundamental way society works.
2. When you do make changes, whether desired or forced, you’ll sometimes find that the new way works better than the old way.
3. Now you’ve found a better way of doing something, which can save you time, money, and energy for the rest of your life.

I might just cancel my gym membership and work out at home. At $45 a month for 20 years, it’s almost $11,000. So I might have just saved $11,000 over the next 20 years to do something I enjoy more. I might retain my membership just to play basketball, but even then, I’ll still work out at home and enjoy it more!

If the pandemic has thrown you off your routines, I highly recommend reading Elastic Habits. It was designed for situations like this. It is the most flexible habit system, and the only one that is truly “pandemic ready.” Others require that you and your world be stable. That’s obviously not guaranteed.

Going in and out of quarantine, losing and regaining jobs, it all equates to massive turbulence. You need to be able to adjust. You need elastic habits!

Stay flexible, and you will get to your destination regardless of external conditions.

I admit it. I like the idea of becoming “great” in some way. A great writer. A great athlete. A great friend. A great cat dad (I’m planning to adopt two fur balls in about a month… finally!). A great gatsby, even.

But my initial feeling when considering greatness is not inspiration. It’s pre-exhaustion as I look at the mountain to climb. Greatness is highly desirable, but its vague and intimidating, too. What is the threshold? What line must one cross to become “great?” What will it take to get there?

When I first heard of Bitcoin, I had no interest. Even the name “cryptocurrency” sounded scammy. And I guess I wasn’t alone, as one bitcoin in 2010 was worth as little as $0.0008! In other words, $1 back in 2010 could have bought you 1250 bitcoin, which is worth over $11 million today. Welp, I missed that one.

Quarantine can present two big problems: boredom and loneliness. 

Neither one is good, and I have a solution for both. If you feel cold and isolated from friends and family, but you like games, you’re in luck! I’ve recently discovered some amazing online game websites (which are almost all FREE) that you can play with others.