Ex-NFL star Tiki Barber: Being at home has 'allowed me to focus on mental health, running and finding some escapes in my life.' (via CNBCMakeIt)
"Pre-Covid-19, I didn't think about time for myself," BarberThe days felt repetitive, Barber says.But over the last few months on lockdown, while Barber has been at home in Florham Park, New Jersey, he has learned to focus more on himself.
"It's allowed me to focus on mental health, running and finding some escapes in my life, which I think has been a good thing," Barber says.For instance, before the pandemic, Barber says Monday through Friday he would spend maybe an hour and half a night with his two youngest daughters because of his schedule and commute from New Jersey to his office in Manhattan, where he records hisBarber also has learned to appreciate the "little things.
"I mean, seriously. It's interesting because before Covid-19, when I would go out, it was like let me have this drink and have this big dinner and yada.. yada... It was all rushed because you only had like one night to do it," Barber says. But now he can take his time: "Do I like gin or do I like vodka? Do I want bitters or do I not want bitters?"
"It's little things that you wouldn't have thought about [and] you would have relied on a bartender to do it for you," Barber says.Barber has also had to pivot his eight-year-old start-up, Thuzio, a sports-media company that hosted live, members-only events with sports icons like
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