TJ Power

That it's fine to constantly drink tons of alcohol and that to be like a normalized aspect of society and that that isn't negatively impacting you.

That it's fine to constantly drink tons of alcohol and that to be like a normalized aspect of society and that that isn't negatively impacting you.

I just grew up in a world where alcohol was just the most normal thing. It was let's get drunk three, four days a week. And it was so strongly like disrupting my experience of happiness, my capacity to pursue my goals. And because it's so normalized, I just think it's something that society is just so deeply immersed in. I don't have judgment for it. Like alcohol is a big thing.

I just grew up in a world where alcohol was just the most normal thing. It was let's get drunk three, four days a week. And it was so strongly like disrupting my experience of happiness, my capacity to pursue my goals. And because it's so normalized, I just think it's something that society is just so deeply immersed in. I don't have judgment for it. Like alcohol is a big thing.

It's very pleasurable. But I think... So many of us are underestimating what it's doing. I literally had to leave all my friends in London, move into a very lonely life for like three years before I met my partner just to separate myself simply from alcohol because I think people are underestimating what it's doing to their capacity to get to their dreams.

It's very pleasurable. But I think... So many of us are underestimating what it's doing. I literally had to leave all my friends in London, move into a very lonely life for like three years before I met my partner just to separate myself simply from alcohol because I think people are underestimating what it's doing to their capacity to get to their dreams.

Well, I was drinking while still understanding dose and we of course get the physical hangover experience of I've got a headache and I feel sick or whatever it might be. But we so deeply underestimate that it takes about 72 hours for that alcohol to fully leave your system. Throughout that 72 hours, alcohol then drops very significantly.

Well, I was drinking while still understanding dose and we of course get the physical hangover experience of I've got a headache and I feel sick or whatever it might be. But we so deeply underestimate that it takes about 72 hours for that alcohol to fully leave your system. Throughout that 72 hours, alcohol then drops very significantly.

And in that period on the Monday and Tuesday in this very low dopamine state, we get into that low motivation. We overthink loads. We feel fearful and we can't take action on our goals. And I was someone that had goals. Like I had things I wanted to achieve. I was beginning to build dose. I was beginning to build the research lab.

And in that period on the Monday and Tuesday in this very low dopamine state, we get into that low motivation. We overthink loads. We feel fearful and we can't take action on our goals. And I was someone that had goals. Like I had things I wanted to achieve. I was beginning to build dose. I was beginning to build the research lab.

And I was thinking, how the hell am I going to live a life that I'm really happy with if alcohol remains?

And I was thinking, how the hell am I going to live a life that I'm really happy with if alcohol remains?

maybe social media following. And that's really hard because it's like a double-edged sword where it's so beautiful to know more people are hearing the message. But there's a really nuanced perspective of am I seeking for like the dopamine of the progress and the more followers or am I seeking for the oxytocin of this is serving people?

maybe social media following. And that's really hard because it's like a double-edged sword where it's so beautiful to know more people are hearing the message. But there's a really nuanced perspective of am I seeking for like the dopamine of the progress and the more followers or am I seeking for the oxytocin of this is serving people?

And I really am constantly trying to consider when I'm looking at likes and views and followers, am I chasing dopamine here or am I tracing service and oxytocin? And it's very easy to get into the dopamine. So I'm trying to move my mind on that.

And I really am constantly trying to consider when I'm looking at likes and views and followers, am I chasing dopamine here or am I tracing service and oxytocin? And it's very easy to get into the dopamine. So I'm trying to move my mind on that.

Intimate time with my partner where we really make sure there's no computers and phones. We work in the same world. My partner's a nutritionist and I'm a neuroscientist. So it's this difficult interplay of us constantly wanting to work. And it's very important. We have times where we are just in TJ and Georgia land and not in the land of dose. Yeah.

Intimate time with my partner where we really make sure there's no computers and phones. We work in the same world. My partner's a nutritionist and I'm a neuroscientist. So it's this difficult interplay of us constantly wanting to work. And it's very important. We have times where we are just in TJ and Georgia land and not in the land of dose. Yeah.

That the entirety of humanity would spend 60 minutes on their own in nature every single day without their phones.

That the entirety of humanity would spend 60 minutes on their own in nature every single day without their phones.