Bonus: That Blah You're Feeling Is Called Languishing
WorkLife with Adam Grant |
WorkLife with Adam Grant
• May 2022
Adam wrote a viral article for The New York Times on a feeling many of us are struggling with right now. It's somewhere between burnout and depression: languishing. This neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus—and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times on April 19, 2021 with the headline, 'There's a Name for the Blah You're Feeling: It's Called Languishing'. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. The producer for NYT was Kate Winslett, and the producer for TED was Sheena Ozaki.