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Grant explores languishing — the feeling of stagnation and emptiness that became widespread during the pandemic. Not depressed, not thriving, just... blah. He presents research on what moves people from languishing to flourishing.
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Grant presents flow as the antidote: the state of total absorption in a challenging, meaningful task. People who schedule regular flow experiences — uninterrupted blocks of deep work on engaging challenges — report significantly less languishing.
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Languishing is the neglected middle child of mental health — not sick enough for diagnosis, not well enough to thrive
Grant coined the concept of languishing as the dominant emotional state of the pandemic: the absence of well-being without the presence of mental illness. You are not burned out. You are not depressed. You just feel empty and stagnant — and there was no word for it until now.Was this useful?