TJ Power

And for me, when I think about this, if I'm faced with that situation. I know that having good mental health is a desire of mine, feeling happy and at peace in my brain and also being motivated to do my work and things like that. These things are a value to me.

And for me, when I think about this, if I'm faced with that situation. I know that having good mental health is a desire of mine, feeling happy and at peace in my brain and also being motivated to do my work and things like that. These things are a value to me.

And I know that with every phone check, especially if they're too frequent, I'm depleting the molecule that's going to lead to me having good mental health and good capacity to chase my goals. So I utilize that as the motivating energy, like to not let me pick it up.

And I know that with every phone check, especially if they're too frequent, I'm depleting the molecule that's going to lead to me having good mental health and good capacity to chase my goals. So I utilize that as the motivating energy, like to not let me pick it up.

If your dopamine is low, you'll feel very deflated. You'll feel that kind of low mood, deflated, I can't be bothered to do anything type energy within you. And that in itself isn't a great feeling.

If your dopamine is low, you'll feel very deflated. You'll feel that kind of low mood, deflated, I can't be bothered to do anything type energy within you. And that in itself isn't a great feeling.

But then, as everyone will be so familiar with, so much of the effortful practices that lead to us having good health, whether it's bothering to cook healthy meals or go to the shop and get the healthy food or

But then, as everyone will be so familiar with, so much of the effortful practices that lead to us having good health, whether it's bothering to cook healthy meals or go to the shop and get the healthy food or

or whether it's making sure you do your exercise or your walk or you go to bed early, all these core practices can get influenced by the fact we're breaking the motivation molecule with the phone. So if we can begin to raise the dopamine naturally, our desire to take action on all the important things that really lift us becomes better.

or whether it's making sure you do your exercise or your walk or you go to bed early, all these core practices can get influenced by the fact we're breaking the motivation molecule with the phone. So if we can begin to raise the dopamine naturally, our desire to take action on all the important things that really lift us becomes better.

Yeah, for sure. So how you're starting your day sounds good. I think the absolute number one goal is to not open the phone the moment we open our eyes. If, for example, we were to run an experiment whereby... Every morning when you woke up for a week, you drank a glass of red wine. You'd get pretty hooked on that red wine pretty quickly if you woke up and drank it.

Yeah, for sure. So how you're starting your day sounds good. I think the absolute number one goal is to not open the phone the moment we open our eyes. If, for example, we were to run an experiment whereby... Every morning when you woke up for a week, you drank a glass of red wine. You'd get pretty hooked on that red wine pretty quickly if you woke up and drank it.

And so much of our addiction to the phone is fueled by the fact it's so easily accessible from the moment we wake. So we need a delay whereby we're earning dopamine through effort. That could be having a shower, doing your cold plunge. That has a huge amount of additional brain chemistry and dopaminergic benefits. It could be making your food. It could be brushing your teeth, making your bed.

And so much of our addiction to the phone is fueled by the fact it's so easily accessible from the moment we wake. So we need a delay whereby we're earning dopamine through effort. That could be having a shower, doing your cold plunge. That has a huge amount of additional brain chemistry and dopaminergic benefits. It could be making your food. It could be brushing your teeth, making your bed.

But you effectively want to wake and earn dopamine. You don't want to just have it easily. And that can be whatever someone feels is best for their routine, their families, their kids. I think gold standard rules within it are avoiding the phone, of course, and then just making sure that you don't remain sedentary and that you do spend some time in sunlight.

But you effectively want to wake and earn dopamine. You don't want to just have it easily. And that can be whatever someone feels is best for their routine, their families, their kids. I think gold standard rules within it are avoiding the phone, of course, and then just making sure that you don't remain sedentary and that you do spend some time in sunlight.

Those are like the main core components and make sure you leave your house and you physically move your body before you've entered the world of social media.

Those are like the main core components and make sure you leave your house and you physically move your body before you've entered the world of social media.

Yeah, I do have a very specific practice that's been built over the years. I'll wake up, I'll go to the bathroom, I'll then sit down on the sofa. On the sofa, my iPad is waiting for me with Insight Timer as an app that I do my meditation on. And I'll use the iPad so there's no notifications in there. Like I don't have all the socials on my iPad. So then I'm not going to get distracted.

Yeah, I do have a very specific practice that's been built over the years. I'll wake up, I'll go to the bathroom, I'll then sit down on the sofa. On the sofa, my iPad is waiting for me with Insight Timer as an app that I do my meditation on. And I'll use the iPad so there's no notifications in there. Like I don't have all the socials on my iPad. So then I'm not going to get distracted.