Reboot Your Brain
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4.1 • 572 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2021
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Look, last year wasn't great. And just because it's 2021 now, that doesn't mean things are magically better. If you feel burned out, stressed, or just plain exhausted, you're not alone. But there's good news on the horizon. Vaccine rollouts may be slow, but they're happening. Not long from now, life should return to some kind of normal and we'll be able to safely engage with the world again. The only trouble is lasting that long without completely losing it.
This week on Gadget Lab, WIRED service editor Alan Henry joins us to talk about the ways we can manage our time and mental energy. Whether it's for focusing at work or just finding ways to relax, we have some suggestions that can help keep you on track.
Show Notes:
Get more great advice for improving your life at home with WIRED’s tips and how-tos. Read our roundup of the best note-taking apps. See our list of ways to relax and unwind during lockdown. Also see our home office gear guide and start working from home like a pro.
Recommendations:
Alan recommends the YouTube series Taskmaster. Lauren recommends the documentary series The Last Dance on Netflix. Mike recommends the show Dark/Web, which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Alan Henry can be found on Twitter @halophoenix. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the main hotline at @GadgetLab. The show is produced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.
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| 0:00.0 | Lauren. |
| 0:00.8 | Mike. |
| 0:01.4 | Lauren, how are your New Year's resolutions panning out? |
| 0:05.7 | Honestly, not so bad. |
| 0:09.1 | I mean, it's a really tough time to keep your commitments around anything. |
| 0:14.3 | But so far, we're three weeks in, I'm doing okay. |
| 0:17.2 | How about you? |
| 0:18.2 | Well, it sounds like you're doing better than I am, but that's okay because on this week's show, we're going to pass along some advice for sticking to those resolutions, |
| 0:24.6 | and maybe I can pick up some tips. We could always use the extra help. |
| 0:35.4 | Hi, everyone. Welcome to Gadget Lab. I am Michael Collore, a senior editor at Wired, and I am joined |
| 0:41.3 | remotely by my co-host, Wired senior writer Lauren Good. Hello, Lauren. Hello, hello. And we |
| 0:47.1 | are also joined by Wired service editor Alan. Alan, welcome back to the show. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:53.5 | Well, it's 2021, but chances are that |
| 0:55.7 | you were in the same boat as you were in 2020, still stuck at your house, still waiting for the |
| 1:00.4 | current pandemic to slow down as it's devastating communities around the country. At least now |
| 1:05.7 | there's a glimmer of hope as vaccine rollouts move forward. We've given advice in the show |
| 1:10.2 | before about how to work, sweat, play, and just exist at |
| 1:14.1 | home during a lockdown without going insane. |
| 1:16.8 | But this episode will be more holistic. |
| 1:19.9 | We're going to be sharing advice and tips about how to maintain your sanity, stay productive, |
| 1:24.8 | and stay healthy while we all stick this out. |
| 1:27.1 | Maybe we even have some New Year's |
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