Controlling The Uncontrollable

Controlling The Uncontrollable is impossible. I have a hard time dealing with the anxiety of things being out of my control, and during this COVID-19 crisis, there is nothing I can personally do to fix this problem.

It’s always been an issue of mine though, being able to come to terms with things that are out of my hands has always been a blindspot. I can’t make an injury heal faster than my body will allow it, I can’t fix society’s problems, I can’t control what other people are doing, I can only control my own actions.

Making peace with the fact that things are out of your hands is of utmost importance. Obviously, if you are working on the front lines of this pandemic then you don’t have that luxury and that privilege — but we can help you by staying inside and stopping the spread.

I’ve been talking to coaches and professional runners on my podcast and the main takeaway comes from making sure you control what you can control. You can control when you wake up every day, you can control what you eat, you can control time outside of the house, when you take your medicine, there are still many aspects of life that are firmly in your control.

Along with controlling simple aspects of your life, you also need to take yourself off the hook for a lack of productivity. Life won’t feel like this forever, and that…