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I sat at my kitchen table for about eight hours moving beans and seeds around to make the title sequences for this series—This Can Help—about the little things we can do during times of uncertainty.

Considering that I could’ve made simple text titles, was that a pointless thing to do? Instead of spending about an hour for each title sequence, I could’ve spent just three seconds.

However, there’s actually a rationale for doing things for no purpose.

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How long is 10 seconds, really?

If I talk to you while showing clips of my dog Rocky playing, 10 seconds can go by pretty fast. On the other hand, a blank stare can seem like an eternity.

So the real answer is, it depends. But when it comes to intentionality, 10 seconds makes a world of difference.

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Before I get into this video and the upcoming video series, I wanted to pause and say thank you. Amy and I are staying home, doing our best with social distancing—and if you’re doing the same, thank you.

If you’re working in the world to continue providing groceries, medical care, transportation, cleaning, and other essential services that keep our lives running—thank you for risking your own well-being to do so. Thank you.

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At this point, it has been a few weeks and I’m still having trouble fully processing everything that is going on right now. There’s a lot of uncertainty about what will happen in the next few months around the world, and for most of us, our lives have been disrupted in a way that we haven’t really experienced before.

Despite being an optimist, I don’t find it productive to attempt forced feelings of positivity during a crisis. While I might have tried to do that in the past, I’m now focusing more on trying to just feel what I’m experiencing at this moment and not push those feelings away too quickly.

That, and ice cream helps. Let’s just say my friends Ben and Jerry are the only two other people outside of my household that I haven’t been following social distancing protocol with during this time.

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