A piece of wisdom from
February 27, 2021 · Saturday
The quote
“The Accountability Mirror is not pretty. It is not motivational. It is a mirror you stand in front of every morning and tell yourself the unflattering truth about who you have been pretending not to be.”
— David Goggins · Mental Toughness
The concept
Dopamine Detox
Restore your brain's baseline. Earn back joy.
You aren't low on willpower, your dopamine receptors are saturated. Modern life delivers more stimulation in a single morning than your nervous system was built to receive in a year. A dopamine detox is not deprivation. It is the deliberate…
A practice for today
Walk one slow block today and observe the lesson of Dopamine Detox. Restore your brain's baseline. Earn back joy.
From the Bhagavad Gita
Verse 6.35
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥
“Without doubt, O mighty-armed, the mind is difficult to control and restless. But by practice and by dispassion, it can be brought under control.”
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