Junk dopamine:

– any kind of scrolling feeds, you allow yourself to be a spectator, not a creator, also counts for reddit, because sometimes people think it’s somehow ok
– sugar or low quality fat, any deep fried stuff
– porn
– if not porn, then erotic fantasy loops
– masturbation (doesn’t count just for men, also counts for women)
– gossip
– sleeping in
– alcohol or anything else that dulls
– anything that gives you fake confidence, like cocaine, but there are lesser forms of cocaine like energy drinks
– movies, series, podcasts, video games, unless you mine them for soul food, but mining them for soul food take discipline, it’s not the same as watching them for distraction. How to check? If they are moving you forward on really hard, big things in life, things you know in your heart you want to be learning, doing, accomplishing, then ok, but more likely than not: you are just using them to reward yourself, stall, distract, numb, have the illusion you’re doing something real
– cutting yourself off from your environment when you are inside by being plugged into your playlist, audiobooks, etc. No, LISTEN to the street, the chatter, STUDY people, the street, a bus, the subway, that’s FREE input that trumps any podcast you could be listening to. Overhear people’s conversations. People let what matters to them bleed out in every word, their body language, their gestures, their clothes. STUDY THAT. Take it in. People don’t get to use a filter in public, you are getting prime info on what is really going on in the world. Every time you are outside, is like taking a trip to the zoo. For free. And nobody will know you are doing it.
– complaining, not taking ownership of the situation you are in
– purchases purely to decorate your cosy life
– avoiding being alone, you should be alone, really alone, at least 15 hours a week

This is NOT the full list.

Avoid all this for a few months.

At first you will be in the biggest mental storm of your life.

If you keep standing….

FULL ON CLARITY will be your reward.

You probably won’t be able to do it.

You have to keep trying till you pull through.

Once you are there, you will never want to go back.

The lights will go on.

You will see unearned comforts for what they are: a cage.