Battery Level
Energy levels, drive, and what fuels or drains you. How you manage your reserves and when to switch into low-power mode.
Eileen Gu and the Gold Medal She Almost Lost in Her Own Head
Battery Level is about energy reserves and what drains them — and Eileen Gu was competing on a nearly empty battery. Two weeks of Olympic competition across three disciplines, a delayed contest, missed training sessions, and a secret she didn't yet know she was carrying had all pulled her reserves down. She described herself as 'holding on by a thread.' The mental system she normally relies on wasn't loading because there wasn't enough charge left to run it at full power.