This uncertain time can make you feel anxious and as though you have no control. So we turn to our usual methods of coping with uncertainty–to-do lists and productivity to make progress. But this pause could be our biggest opportunity for growth if we’re willing to be uncomfortable and sit with the loss and not knowing. Being unproductive may just produce the biggest change in ourselves and our outlook on life. The author offers tips for relaxing the demands on our time, thinking, and relationships to give our bodies, minds, and spirits a chance to reorganize and discover who we might become.
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Recently, my father died of lymphoma he could no longer fight.