Shift the momentum

Midway through Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs had the biggest lead in NBA Finals history — twenty-nine points. They ended up losing by one. One word explains most of it: momentum. I think about it every time something disrupts my routine. A good run of exercising, eating well, staying on track — and then travel, or something else, gets in the way. Momentum is so easy to lose. And yet so powerful when you have it, because every move builds on the previous one. It’s an ally when you can use it. An archenemy when you lose it. The helpful reframe for me is that when the odds feel difficult, you don’t have to worry about the end. You just have to shift the momentum. Focus on the next thing that builds it, then the next. Keep going. Just like the Knicks did.