As we approach the midway point of 2022, it is important to pause and reflect on the challenges we faced and lessons we learned throughout the year surrounding our overall performance in life, and the habits we can establish moving forward to set ourselves up for success.

In part one of our two-part series on Lessons from 2022 so far, we look closely at how we were able to adapt our lives to the slower pace and smaller scale of life in the bubble, to determine the challenges we face as life after lockdown begins to grow and pick up speed.

Matt discusses the habits you should avoid and the practices you should consider to help you manage and thrive through the changes and challenges of the coming year.

Matt highlights five main observations and lessons:

• Change is hard: How we adapt to evolving circumstances.

(13:23) “We started to have a real start of a return back to normal. the thing is, normal was never going to be a simple return of the way that things were before. There's been an evolution in how we work, and what's actually important to us individually and collectively.”

• Life is accelerating: Shifting gears to face the amplifying demands of life.

• Leverage the lessons of change: Building on positives and avoiding stale habits of the past.

(25:53) “So many athletes and fitness enthusiasts had the opportunity, and still have the opportunity in many ways, to actually take the lessons of structure, routine, prioritization, and apply it to, now once again, a really busy life. But instead, they're just running right back into the same challenge that they experienced before the slow down.”

• There is strength in numbers: Look for growth in a group environment.

• Stress accumulates: The importance of building the capacity to handle the load of multiple stressors.

(36:26) “Our body is highly complex...It is a powerful thing. But one thing it's not very good at, and it's really not good at all, is differentiating different sorts of stressors.”

If you are struggling or feel off course in your performance journey, this is an opportunity to take stock, and course-correct by reframing your approach to performance in life and sport through a renewed perspective.

(43:47) "As you pause at the halfway point of this year, consider, I ask you, are you on a journey to thriving? Or are you just right back to the place of surviving?"

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