It’s hard to stay focused and live in the present. Distraction brings immediate dopamine and temporary joy, and dammit, it’s so easy. Remain focused on what you say matters to you.
Good stuff, Paul. On the subject of "is social media the distraction or the place you go to be distracted" I think there's so much interesting information coming out around focus and dopamine, and the social media is acting as both the cause of the pain and the temporary pain killer for dopamine disregulation.
There's a current TikTok trend (ironic I know) about "low dopamine mornings." It's intended as an ADHD management strategy and you essentially try to maintain low dopamine levels for as long as possible in the morning. That mostly includes no screen/social media time, and a variety of other slow morning routine habits like exercise and even delaying coffee in the morning. Skipping my morning scroll before my workout and delaying coffee until after that has given me pretty dramatic results thus far in terms of sustained focus throughout the day. Also recommend listening to Andrew Huberman's dopamine episode if you haven't.
Loving your content, thanks for sharing. Started from the bunker now we here! ;)
From the bunker indeed! I love the idea of the "low dopamine morning" and will definitely check out that Huberman Lab episode. Funny enough, I did try to delay caffeine by 2 hours yesterday morning... mixed results, lol, but I am going to make it a practice. The data on the outcomes is there for sure.
Good stuff, Paul. On the subject of "is social media the distraction or the place you go to be distracted" I think there's so much interesting information coming out around focus and dopamine, and the social media is acting as both the cause of the pain and the temporary pain killer for dopamine disregulation.
There's a current TikTok trend (ironic I know) about "low dopamine mornings." It's intended as an ADHD management strategy and you essentially try to maintain low dopamine levels for as long as possible in the morning. That mostly includes no screen/social media time, and a variety of other slow morning routine habits like exercise and even delaying coffee in the morning. Skipping my morning scroll before my workout and delaying coffee until after that has given me pretty dramatic results thus far in terms of sustained focus throughout the day. Also recommend listening to Andrew Huberman's dopamine episode if you haven't.
Loving your content, thanks for sharing. Started from the bunker now we here! ;)
From the bunker indeed! I love the idea of the "low dopamine morning" and will definitely check out that Huberman Lab episode. Funny enough, I did try to delay caffeine by 2 hours yesterday morning... mixed results, lol, but I am going to make it a practice. The data on the outcomes is there for sure.