The Midweek Slump
If you're looking at your headset right now and negotiating reasons to skip today's session, we've been there too. The middle of the first week is, almost without exception, the point where a new routine is most likely to slip. It's just how new habits go.
So let's look at what might be going on for you right now:
1. The novelty has worn off. Your first few sessions carried a bit of natural momentum. The technology is new, interesting, something to figure out. By now, the headset has become “another thing on my to-do list." It's worth naming, because it changes how today feels.
2. The effort is here, but the payoff isn’t visible yet. You're putting in 20 minutes a day, but the part you're doing this for hasn't surfaced yet. Your brain is constantly weighing effort against reward, and right now it sees the effort with none of the return. So it does the sensible thing and wonders if you should continue.
Keeping Your Momentum
Whether you are finding it difficult to carve out time today, or you are breezing through the week without a second thought, the goal is the same: protect your momentum.
Since every one of us on the Mave team has hit this exact wall, we compared notes on how we personally got through our own first weeks. Here are the three things we'd like to share with you:
- Let go of the ideal setup: Waiting for the perfect window often creates unnecessary pressure. We learned quickly that the device does not require you to be in a specific state to do its job.
- Attach it to existing routines: Most of us simply wear the headset while clearing our inboxes, attending standups, or folding laundry.
- Avoid watching for results yet: Checking too early usually backfires, making it feel like nothing’s happening. Let the sessions add up, and the changes will show up on their own.
You do not need to carve out a high-quality environment to get the benefits of a Mave session. The technology is built to work in the background of your life so that you put the device on, and go about your day.