TJ Power

It's just open it straight to Insight Timer. I do about a 15 minute silent, just breathing based meditation. I'll then brush my teeth and then I'll normally either I'm walking or I'm going to the gym. And then I'll really try and not go onto technology for the first maybe 60 minutes.

It's just open it straight to Insight Timer. I do about a 15 minute silent, just breathing based meditation. I'll then brush my teeth and then I'll normally either I'm walking or I'm going to the gym. And then I'll really try and not go onto technology for the first maybe 60 minutes.

When I eventually am going to go on technology, and I think this is a game changer for everyone, my laptop will always be the first way in which I see technology, not my phone. I'll open my laptop and head into WhatsApp and email and these things that you know you need to do, but via the laptop instead of the phone. So social media is not tempting.

When I eventually am going to go on technology, and I think this is a game changer for everyone, my laptop will always be the first way in which I see technology, not my phone. I'll open my laptop and head into WhatsApp and email and these things that you know you need to do, but via the laptop instead of the phone. So social media is not tempting.

It really is because we've had access to quick dopamine for a while. Things like alcohol and cigarettes and sugar, pornography. These things have been here for some of them, a few hundred, if not a thousand years. But the phone has increased the frequency in which we can access dopamine. Like we weren't drinking alcohol, having a sip every sort of five to 10 minutes all day, every day.

It really is because we've had access to quick dopamine for a while. Things like alcohol and cigarettes and sugar, pornography. These things have been here for some of them, a few hundred, if not a thousand years. But the phone has increased the frequency in which we can access dopamine. Like we weren't drinking alcohol, having a sip every sort of five to 10 minutes all day, every day.

But that's how we're operating with these phones. So the addiction to it is so much stronger than anything else ever before. And it's,

But that's how we're operating with these phones. So the addiction to it is so much stronger than anything else ever before. And it's,

so overstimulating because short form content particularly is very dopaminergic because of the amount of novelty that's in those feeds and novelty increases dopamine that it's just constantly plummeting our dopamine level making us feel bad then we procrastinate then we're not happy with our productivity and so on well you mentioned reaching for you know alcohol sugary food pornography

so overstimulating because short form content particularly is very dopaminergic because of the amount of novelty that's in those feeds and novelty increases dopamine that it's just constantly plummeting our dopamine level making us feel bad then we procrastinate then we're not happy with our productivity and so on well you mentioned reaching for you know alcohol sugary food pornography

Yeah, I mean, it would be situational. I think in those moments, yeah, often we're seeking for pleasure. We're seeking for distraction from our emotional experiences. If it's porn, we could also be seeking for love and connection, but we're kind of falsely getting it via that method. I think situationally it would vary. Sometimes, say, for example, I've been working till 2, it's like 2 p.m.

Yeah, I mean, it would be situational. I think in those moments, yeah, often we're seeking for pleasure. We're seeking for distraction from our emotional experiences. If it's porn, we could also be seeking for love and connection, but we're kind of falsely getting it via that method. I think situationally it would vary. Sometimes, say, for example, I've been working till 2, it's like 2 p.m.

for me right now, and I might get like a bit exhausted. And then it could be tempting to be like, okay, now I'm going to go sit on the sofa and just smash some short form content. That could be quite after I've been working for a while. But I'll know that if I do that, I'm going to feel a bit flat this evening if I just spend hours scrolling short form content.

for me right now, and I might get like a bit exhausted. And then it could be tempting to be like, okay, now I'm going to go sit on the sofa and just smash some short form content. That could be quite after I've been working for a while. But I'll know that if I do that, I'm going to feel a bit flat this evening if I just spend hours scrolling short form content.

But if I wanted to chill, if I was to go to the sofa and go on YouTube on the TV and pick a 10 minute video or a 20 minute video or a podcast like this, lie back on the sofa and watch it. Long form content like that really doesn't disrupt our dopamine pathway very much at all. So it's almost being selective over which type of content we consume when we're seeking for that feeling of chilling out.

But if I wanted to chill, if I was to go to the sofa and go on YouTube on the TV and pick a 10 minute video or a 20 minute video or a podcast like this, lie back on the sofa and watch it. Long form content like that really doesn't disrupt our dopamine pathway very much at all. So it's almost being selective over which type of content we consume when we're seeking for that feeling of chilling out.

It is because it's all about novelty. Dopamine always for our ancestors for hundreds of thousands of years would rise when something novel in our environment would occur. So if you saw some fruit or a deer or some honey, dopamine would rise and it would create the desire to take action towards that thing. And TikTok is just novelty, novelty, novelty, novelty.

It is because it's all about novelty. Dopamine always for our ancestors for hundreds of thousands of years would rise when something novel in our environment would occur. So if you saw some fruit or a deer or some honey, dopamine would rise and it would create the desire to take action towards that thing. And TikTok is just novelty, novelty, novelty, novelty.

So then your brain goes crazy on the dopamine. Whereas when you watch a movie like Gladiator, I watched that the other day. When you watch Gladiator, particularly Gladiator 1, because it's less dopamined up than Gladiator 2, you just sort of sit back and at times you're a little bit bored. And it's just that it's so good to learn to be okay with that slower feeling.

So then your brain goes crazy on the dopamine. Whereas when you watch a movie like Gladiator, I watched that the other day. When you watch Gladiator, particularly Gladiator 1, because it's less dopamined up than Gladiator 2, you just sort of sit back and at times you're a little bit bored. And it's just that it's so good to learn to be okay with that slower feeling.