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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in five adults in the US suffers from mental illness. I have not been diagnosed with a mental illness, but I’m also not immune to the compounding effects of stress—running a startup from home, quarantined alongside my wife, 21-month-old twin girls, and new baby boy, has taken its toll.
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In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are inviting you to join our 21-day Mental Health Text Challenge to help improve your mental and physical well-being. You will receive 1 text directing you to do 1 small action centered around scientifically-backed practices that are proven to better your mental and physical health.
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Dinners with friends are back in your social rotation. School and organized sports are resuming. The pace of life is beginning to speed up again and the variety gives energy to the previously monotonous days.
For most of us, though, the effects of this past year still linger. The stresses and fear of unemployment, sickness, and isolation don’t disappear overnight.
What. A. Year. So much squeezed into 365 days, that seemed to both fly by and drag on for decades. It was Madefor’s first “official” year; we launched to the public right as the world around us was suddenly coming to a halt. The timing was not ideal, and like everyone else, we were forced to figure out how to carry on in business, and in life.
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In my life, courageous acts may look small, but they’re meaningful these days. It’s turning off my phone before I walk into my daughters’ room, it’s starting the day with a bottle of water, it’s pulling away from work to step outside and move for a few minutes. These aren’t big things, but given the stress I’m under, it would be easy to skip them. Committing to these small acts makes all the difference.
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Our Advisors have done it again! Check out the latest Madefor resource from Dr. Andrew Huberman and Rory Cordial - a Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) tool for de-stress and relaxation. According to Dr. Huberman, certain forms of experience put us into powerfully restorative states, similar to sleep.
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Register your wins. While always important, we’ve decided to really lean into this theme throughout the month. Whether you are journaling a daily highlight before bed, texting a friend that you finally finished that project, or silently fist pumping a correct test answer, registering even small wins can have a big impact on your mental health.
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When Madefor Teammate, KC, thinks about marking small wins, he thinks about a ritual he picked up from a friend before sitting down for his SATs. As a piece of advice, one of his friends recommended that KC give himself a silent “fist pump” every time he knew he absolutely got an answer correct. Every time he confidently filled in a bubble on his answer sheet, he paused briefly to celebrate that moment.
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You’ve been through a lot this year. So much, in fact, that it’s easy to fall prey to a “finish line” mindset. It’s the perception that if you can just hang on a little longer—outlast the virus, the storm, the uncertainty—eventually you will cross a finish line and everything will be good again. But, if your happiness depends on the passing of a circumstance beyond your control, then it will always be just out of reach.