How to stay motivated during a cold, winter Covid lockdown

How to stay motivated during a cold, winter Covid lockdown

Peak performance expert Steven Kotler emphasized the importance of putting an "active recovery protocol" in place at the end of the day, which is particularly key in winter when people tend to feel more burned out.damircudic | Getty ImagesMost people already struggle to stay motivated in January and further tough coronavirus lockdowns in many countries have made for an even harder start to 2021. But experts say there are ways to help. In the case of the U.K., Nick Taylor, CEO of workplace mental health platform Unmind, pointed out that "it's not just the third lockdown but it's the third lockdown after a Christmas which was really disrupted." "It's a third lockdown when people haven't been able to maybe take the holidays that they were planning, haven't been able to see friends and family, so it all compounds," he told CNBC over a video call. At this point in the pandemic, peak performance expert Steven Kotler said that it's not that people have "a motivation problem, they've got a burnout problem," having spent almost the entire past year "doing everything we can to survive." Nevertheless, these experts say there are ways to tackle a lack of motivation, and feelings of burnout, in the winter months. Safety