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I'm Jocelyn K. Gly, and this is Hurry Slowly, a podcast about pacing yourself,

where I explore how you can find more calm, comfort, and clarity through the simple act of slowing down.

Today, I am in what is a rather rare state for me.

I'm tired.

Or to use a better word, depleted.

And that's what I want to talk about today,

to do a sort of energetic state of the union six months into this pandemic.

Because I think we're all feeling it.

A strange, sort of ineffable sense of energetic drag.

Like you snagged your enthusiasm on something about six months back.

And as you slowly walked onwards deeper into this landscape of uncertainty, it's

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