For years, joshgondelman has been giving pep talks to people on Twitter. He writes on why it can be comforting, especially now
Photo: serazetdinov/Getty Images/iStockphoto As much as I’m known for anything , I’m known for giving pep talks on Twitter. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Occasionally, usually late at night, I’ll tweet something like: Hey, if anyone needs to hear a kind word, I’m here for five minutes. Let me know, and I’ll send you a pep talk. I give a time limit so people feel like there’s a boundary, but ultimately I respond to every request.
They want to hear things they’d be too timid to ask a friend to say, but they’re open to publicly requesting from a stranger: That what they do matters to people. There’s love and support for them nearby. With time and effort and assistance they might eventually feel better than they feel now. I’ve offered these pep talks pretty regularly over the last six and half years, usually when I’m traveling for work, but often just when I’m at home and my wife has gone to bed early. But lately it’s felt strange to do. What does a gentle encouragement mean in the face of a global pandemic? It feels like cheerleading for a football team that has fallen into a sinkhole at the 50-yard line.
My tweet received 171 responses, more than I’d ever gotten before. Several came from people who wanted a fundraising effort shared , but the vast majority of them just wanted a gentle word of encouragement. I offered the next night, too, and got over a hundred responses again. More frequently than usual, I was asked a familiar question: Are we going to be okay?
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